
Original Fake
Works of Art, Organised Crime and the Subversion of Culture
Verlag für Polizeiwissenschaft
Published on 16. October 2022
Book
156 pages
978-3-86676-764-5 (ISBN)
Description
Mit vorliegendem Buch wird im Rahmen eines von der EU aus dem ISF geförderten Projektes ein Polycrime-Konglomerat adressiert, das sich auf illegale archäologische Ausgrabungen, den Handel mit diesen Kulturgütern sowie insbesondere auf Fälschungen von Artefakten - Original Fakes - bezieht. Dass illegale Ausgrabungen und der Handel mit diesen Gegenständen nicht im Einklang mit geltendem Recht stehen, ist unzweifelhaft und zugleich, ebenso wie die Anfertigung vermeintlicher originaler archäologischer Kulturgüter, Gegenstand des Gewinnstrebens - mittels Geldwäsche - Krimineller Netzwerke, kann jedoch auch in Teilen politische Hintergründe haben. Durch diese thematische Mehrschichtigkeit sowie deren negative Auswirkungen auf die geschichtlich-gesellschaftlichen Dimensionen der Ausbeutung und Verfälschung von Kulturgütern wird ein (nicht nur strafvollzugsbezogenes) Tätigkeitsfeld definiert, auf das die EU aus einer Vielzahl von darzulegenden Gründen verstärktes Augenmerk zu legen hat.
Present book addresses a poly-crime conglomerate within the framework of a project funded by the EU from the ISF, which relates to illegal archaeological excavations, the trade in these cultural objects and, in particular, original forgeries: Original Fakes. The fact that illegal excavations and the trade in these objects are not in accordance with current law is unquestionable and at the same time, just like the production of supposedly original archaeological cultural property, the object of the profit motive - often by means of money laundering - of criminal networks, but may also have political backgrounds in parts. This thematic multi-layered character, as well as its negative impact on the historical-social dimensions of the exploitation and falsification of cultural property, defines a field of activity (not only related to law enforcement) to which the EU must pay increased attention for a variety of explained reasons.
Present book addresses a poly-crime conglomerate within the framework of a project funded by the EU from the ISF, which relates to illegal archaeological excavations, the trade in these cultural objects and, in particular, original forgeries: Original Fakes. The fact that illegal excavations and the trade in these objects are not in accordance with current law is unquestionable and at the same time, just like the production of supposedly original archaeological cultural property, the object of the profit motive - often by means of money laundering - of criminal networks, but may also have political backgrounds in parts. This thematic multi-layered character, as well as its negative impact on the historical-social dimensions of the exploitation and falsification of cultural property, defines a field of activity (not only related to law enforcement) to which the EU must pay increased attention for a variety of explained reasons.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-86676-764-5 (9783866767645)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
1 On the Legal and Commercial Concept of Art
1.1 The Issue at Question
1.2 Of Art and Cultural Property
1.2.1 A Cursory Historic Overview
1.2.2 The European Dimension
1.2.3 On Domestic Definitions
1.3 Categorising the Scope
1.3.1 Categories
1.3.2 What is Everything About, Basically?
1.3.3 A Critical View
1.4 The Commercial Dimension
1.4.1 A biased Public Hand's Interest
1.4.2 Private Sales
2 Policies and Policing in the EU
2.1 About
2.2 AFSJ Dimension
2.2.1 Cross-border Cooperation
2.2.2 Trainings
2.3 Arts and Human Rights
2.3.1 Scope of Protection
2.3.2 Cultural Rights and Cultural Heritage Protection
2.4 Member States
2.4.1 Specialised Law Enforcement Units
2.4.2 Customs Cooperation
2.4.3 Current Developments
2.5 Enlargement: The Western Balkans
2.5.1 Legal Framework
2.5.2 Albania
3 Cases, Scenarios and Questions
3.1 Background
3.1.1 Tasks and Objectives
3.1.2 First Indications and Initial Links
3.2 Getting to the Core
3.2.1 Pseudo-Judaica and the like .all over the place (any)
3.2.2 The fakest Fake of Fakes - But which one? If any, at all?
3.2.3 To Whom these Bells Toll
3.2.4 My Precious!
3.2.5 Illegally excavated Originals, aren't they?
Conclusive Summary
About the Authors
Sources
1.1 The Issue at Question
1.2 Of Art and Cultural Property
1.2.1 A Cursory Historic Overview
1.2.2 The European Dimension
1.2.3 On Domestic Definitions
1.3 Categorising the Scope
1.3.1 Categories
1.3.2 What is Everything About, Basically?
1.3.3 A Critical View
1.4 The Commercial Dimension
1.4.1 A biased Public Hand's Interest
1.4.2 Private Sales
2 Policies and Policing in the EU
2.1 About
2.2 AFSJ Dimension
2.2.1 Cross-border Cooperation
2.2.2 Trainings
2.3 Arts and Human Rights
2.3.1 Scope of Protection
2.3.2 Cultural Rights and Cultural Heritage Protection
2.4 Member States
2.4.1 Specialised Law Enforcement Units
2.4.2 Customs Cooperation
2.4.3 Current Developments
2.5 Enlargement: The Western Balkans
2.5.1 Legal Framework
2.5.2 Albania
3 Cases, Scenarios and Questions
3.1 Background
3.1.1 Tasks and Objectives
3.1.2 First Indications and Initial Links
3.2 Getting to the Core
3.2.1 Pseudo-Judaica and the like .all over the place (any)
3.2.2 The fakest Fake of Fakes - But which one? If any, at all?
3.2.3 To Whom these Bells Toll
3.2.4 My Precious!
3.2.5 Illegally excavated Originals, aren't they?
Conclusive Summary
About the Authors
Sources