If activists have their way, not only the looters, but the buyers, of stolen cultural relics will face criminal repercussions.
The looting is still happening, even if ISIS' presence in Syria has waned. Neistat said that Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, which currently in control of Syria's Idlib region, continues to dig in the area. Besides, many of the items looted between 2012 and 2016 are just hitting the market now.So formalized was the looting that ISIS had a system for licensing and taxing looters, said Amr Al-Azm, a professor of history and archeology at Ohio's Shawnee State University.
But the system is such that between online sales, the use of Hawala and the presence of freeports in places like Geneva or Dubai, buyers and dealers can operate without much, if any, legal scrutiny. "So why not do it for antiquities looted during other devastating massacres or occupation?" he asked.
Neistat shares that frustration. She told reporters that even after being caught, often multiple times, dealers often see an uptick in business, because"the only thing the market cared about is that the items are authentic ... and there's no better proof of that than the items being sent back."
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