Karl Heinz Kind - Regional Training Workshop on the Fight against Illicit Traffic of Cultural Property in South-East Europe. Interpol’s Database on Stolen Cultural Property
Fight against illicit traffic of cultural property in South-East Europe.
Gaziantep, Turkey, 19-21 November 2012
Link: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/venice/about-this-office/single-view/news/building_capacities_for_the_fight_against_the_illicit_trafficking_of_cultural_property_
in_south_east_europe/
Karl Heinz Kind - Regional Training Workshop on the Fight against Illicit Traffic of Cultural Property in South-East Europe. Interpol’s Database on Stolen Cultural Property
1. Interpol’s Database on Stolen
Cultural Property
Presented by
Karl-Heinz Kind
Coordinator Works of Art Unit
Interpol General Secretariat
Lyons, France
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2. STRUCTURES OF THE
ICPO - INTERPOL
GENERAL EXECUTIVE
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE
DELEGATES 1 PRESIDENT
FROM MEMBER 3 VICE-PRESIDENTS
COUNTRIES 9 MEMBERS
SECRETARY
GENERAL
N N
N
N C GENERAL C N
N
C C
C
B B SECRETARIAT B B
C
B B
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3. An NCB in all 190 member countries
General Secretariat
NCBs
Specialised Law
enforcement
agencies
Airports
Ports
Borders Police stations
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4. TOOLS TO FIGHT AGAINST THE ILLICIT
TRAFFIC IN STOLEN CULTURAL
PROPERTY
• Specialized computerized database
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5. Data supply
NCBs NCBs
NCBs NCBs
IPSG
Compiler
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6. DATABASE
ASF
WORKS OF ART
October 2012: 40, 422 identifiable objects
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7. Works of Art database records
45000
40422
40000
32841
35000
27052
30000
25000
17249
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
2000 2004 2008 Oct. 2012
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8. Records by region (October 2012)
35000
29577
30000
25000
20000
15000 EU
10000 3385
5877 1366
5000
217
IQ
0
Africa Americas Asia Europe M. East N.
Afr.
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9. REQUIREMENT FOR DATA ENTRY:
OBJECT MUST BE UNIQUELY IDENTIFIABLE!
WANTED:
GOOD DESCRIPTION
HIGH QUALITY PHOTOGRAPH
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10. particular of the scroll
recto particular For official use only
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13. TOOLS TO FIGHT AGAINST THE ILLICIT
TRAFFIC IN STOLEN CULTURAL
PROPERTY
- Specialized computerized database
• Direct access through I-24/7
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19. PUBLIC ONLINE ACCESS
Since 17 August 2009 via INTERPOL’s secure web site
By 31 Dec. 2011: c. 2, 200 access rights granted
users from 80 countries
c. 29, 000 queries conducted in 2011
all sectors represented:
law enforcement agencies, state authorities,
international & non governmental organizations,
cultural instutions, museums,
lawyers, scholars, insurers, appraisers,
art market professionals, private collectors
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20. Works of Art database - searches
36 541
8203
3877
205
Public online
eASF
access
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21. Searches by region in 2011
35000
4000 30 143
3500
30000
3000
25000
2500
20000
2000
15000
1500
10000
1000 3561 2010
5000
500
13 14
00
Africa
Africa Americas
Americas Asia
Asia Europe
Europe M. East N.
M. East N.
Afr.
Afr.
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22. First you must connect to the webpage
http://www.interpol.int
Click on
CRIME AREAS
and select
WORKS OF ART
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23. Go to the link « Application form »
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24. Complete and validate the form to receive a USER ID and a PASSWORD
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25. Go to the link « Access to the stolen works of art database »
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27. Some examples
of successful
identifications
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28. Theft of paintings
Returned on 18 July
on 26 May 1968
1998
from museum
by the USA Customs
In Sibiu, Romania
Franz Mieris the Older Tiziano Vecellio
Master of Saint Augustin’s
(1635 – 1681) (1489 – 1576)
Legend (XV Century)
A Man with his pipe at Ecce Homo
Memento mori
the window
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29. Theft of 3 statues
Seizure of Virgin with
From church in
child in Germany and
Racines/Bolzano
return in March 2009
Italy in 1974
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30. Joseph Marie Vien (1716 – 1809)
Resurrection of Lazarus
oil on canvas, cm 200 x 200
STOLEN from the church of Saint Roch in Paris on 7 August 2004
RECOVERED in Vienna (Austria), November 2004
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31. Protection SYstem for Cultural HEritage
• Project led by Italy through the Carabinieri Headquarters for the
Protection of Cultural Heritage (CC TPC) and the NCB Rome
• Duration: 2 years
• Funding secured by the European Commission
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34. Action 1: Web formatted message allows direct data insertion
by NCBs following quality control
Action 2: Direct data transfer from national database starting
with Italian database LEONARDO; exchange
standard to be used by other countries’ databases
Action 3: Addition of an image similarity component simplifies
searches by automatic comparison of images
Action 4: Dissemination of results of the project through training
(e-learning modules and seminars, publication of a
handbook, good practice examples)
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35. TOOLS TO FIGHT AGAINST THE ILLICIT
TRAFFIC IN STOLEN CULTURAL
PROPERTY
Specialized computerized database
Direct access through I-24/7
• Internet
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40. TOOLS TO FIGHT AGAINST THE ILLICIT
TRAFFIC IN STOLEN CULTURAL
PROPERTY
Specialized computerized database
Direct access through I-24/7
Internet
• Poster of the Most Wanted Works of Art
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43. Priority: Capacity building
- Conferences and meetings
International symposium (every 3 years)
Central & Eastern Europe (every 3 years)
Following specific incidents (looting in Iraq)
Counterfeit Art (23-24 October 2012)
- Working groups
INTERPOL Experts Group on Stolen Cultural property
INTERPOL Tracking Task Force for Iraqi antiquities
Working group on Information exchange
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44. - Training seminars
upon request by member countries
(2004 Chile, 2005 Brazil, 2006 Mexico, 2008 Bolivia,
2009 Peru, 2011 Chile, 2012 Ecuador, Philippines)
- Participation in training sessions and
workshops
regularly organized by partner organizations
(i. a. UNESCO, ICCROM, CEPOL, national services)
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45. Resolution
INTERPOL General Assembly
Rome, Italy, 7 November 2012
ENCOURAGES member countries to :
- Consider the fight against illicit traffic in cultural property as a law
enforcement priority
- Regularly report art crimes to INTERPOL for entry into its current
database and in the future version to be developed
- Regularly check cultural property items seized or offered under doubtful
circumstances against relevant databases, including INTERPOL’s Stolen
Works of Art database, and to promote its public online access to other
bodies and entities concerned
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46. Thank you very much for
your attention
Karl-Heinz Kind
kh.kind@interpol.int
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