Since the Second World War, art crime has shifted from a relatively innocuous, often ideological crime, into a major international problem, considered by some to be the third-highest grossing criminal trade worldwide. This rich volume features essays on art crime by the most respected and knowledgeable experts in this interdisciplinary subject.
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George H.O. Abungu, Okello Abungu Heritage Consultants, Kenya. Stefano Alessandrini, Specialist Consultant to the Ministero per i Beni Culturali and the Advocate General Maurizio Fiorilli, Italy. Colonel Matthew Bogdanos, New York County District Attorney’s Office, USA. Toby J.A. Bull, Hong Kong Police Force, Hong Kong SAR Neil Brodie, University of Glasgow, UK. Duncan Chappell, Australian Institute of Criminology Noah Charney, Association for Research into Crimes against Art Simon A. Cole, Newkirk Center for Science and Society, USA. Tess Davis, University of Glasgow, UK. Asif Efrat, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel Paolo Girogio Ferri, Former Italian State Prosecutor David Gill, University Campus Suffolk, UK. Blake Gopnik, Art Critic Patricia Kennedy Grimsted, Harvard University, USA. Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen, Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield Jerome Hasler, Art Recovery Group International Charles Hill, Formerly London. Metropolitan Police, UK. Saskia Hufnagel, Queen Mary University London, UK. Martin Kemp, University of Oxford, UK. John Kerr, University of Roehampton, UK. Thierry Lenain, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. Simon Mackenzie, University of Glasgow, UK. Christopher A. Marinello, Art Recovery Group International Erik Nemeth, Independent Scholar Vernon Rapley, Victoria and Albert Museum, UK. Lawrence Rothfield, University of Chicago, USA. Laurie W. Rush, US. Army Francesco Rutelli, Associazione Priorita’ Cultura, Italy. Howard Spiegler, Herrick, Feinstein’s International Art Law Group Arthur Tompkins, District Court Judge, New Zealand. Christos Tsirogiannis, University of Glasgow, UK. Bill Wei, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands.