reporting stolen property

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Index of the Cultural Property Loss Websites which publish losses and recoveries, effective August 1998
A guide for those who check cultural propery availability on Internet: additional links are to be found below....
Guidelines for the Security of Rare Book, Manuscript, and Other Special Collections
Object-Id and the Council for Prevention of Art Theft (COPAT)
Stolen Art and Antiques on the Web (presented by Jonathan Sazonoff)
Stolen Art Net, dedicated to fine arts, antiques and collectibles
http://www.findstolenart.com/ Stolen Art Com is a private organisation in Manchester England, who have set-up this Web-Site to help combat international Fine Art and Antiquities theft. We are not currently affiliated with any existing organisations in the field of art theft however due to network effects, co-operation between such bodies has obvious benefits. We are currently concentrating on liasing with police forces in the UK and soon hope to contact EU and International forces too.
Oeuvres d'art recherchées
par l'Office Central de lutte contre le trafic des biens culturels
11 rue des Saussaies-75008 Paris,
dcpj.ocbc@wanadoo.fr
Tel : 00 33 (0) 1 40.97.84.39 (de 9h à 18h )
00 33 (0) 1.49.27.49.27 poste 4021 (de 18 h à 9 h )
pour transmettre toute information relative à ces vols
Art Newspaper.com: stolen art
Archaeology, Antiquities, Theft, and Looting - (“Electronic Bibliography” of URL’s )
FBI Stolen Art File
Cultural Property Loss Websites: list made up by David Liston. Some duplicates of links below, but very useful because all additional information offered by David
ART-PROTECT
On-line database listing all kind of lost art and valuables. Every object is described in four languages ( German, French, Italian and English) and a photograph. A special search engine will help to find the particular piece of thousands one is looking for. All advertisements concerning lost and stolen art to be registered are free of charge.
The access code to enter the database costs CHF 1'000.-- entrance fee and CHF 250.-- for the annual period for un unlimited access of all staff members of a company.
ART-PROTECT GMBH.
Netzibodenstrasse 23 C
CH - 4133 PRATTELN / Switzerland
Tel: ++41 61 813 09 05 Fax.:++41 61 813 09 05
Director: Mr. Alexander E.R. Triebold
tefaf-artprotect@bluewin.ch
Commission for Art Recovery
The Commission for Art Recovery is dedicated to reuniting works of art looted by the Nazis before and during World War II with their rightful owners and/or their heirs.
http://www.carabinieri.it/tpa/tpa.asp
Italian 'carabinieri' site with searchable database of stolen art. Unfortunately only an Italian language version; very worthwhile visiting.
Percell Great Britain Limited
Percell Great Britain Limited was created in October 1993 after consultation with Police Forces and Insurance Companies World-wide, to assist with the solution of tracing stolen art and antiques and that of tracing the owners of art and antiques recovered by the Police.
http://www.usdoj.gov/usncb/culturehome.htm
INTERPOL (USNCB) cultural property website.
ART THEFT / MOST WANTED ART / RECOVERY PROJECT
List of stolen art databases; compiled by SAZ PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Scotland Yard: Stolen Art in Alphabetical search order
Interpol
The most wanted works of art Les oeuvres d'art les plus recherchées
Interloc Missing/Stolen Book Alert!
Getty OBJECT ID
Proctecting Cultural Objects In the Global Information Society
Object ID is an international standard for describing art, antiques, and antiquities. It has been developed through the collaboration of museums, cultural heritage organizations, police and customs agencies, the art and antiques trade, appraisers, and the insurance industry.
A stolen object is unlikely to be recovered and returned to you unless it has been photographed and adequately described. The Object ID checklist helps you provide the information needed to identify an object as yours.
Object ID is easy to use. Just follow the checklist and try to answer as many of the questions as possible.
Object ID may be reproduced according to the Guidelines for Reproducing the Checklist.
For more information about Object ID, write to:
Object ID
Getty Information Institute
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 300
Los Angeles, California 90049-1680
USA
E-mail: objectid@getty.edu
Or visit: www.gii.getty.edu/pco/
Alert All
"The Stolen property Guide Works round the clock Round the world"
The major differences between Alert All The Stolen Property Guide and others are availability, speed and simplicity. At the cost of a local phone call information As to whether an item is stolen, missing or banned for export can be sought within Seconds 24 hours a day 365 days a year. More then 60 million people in more than 170 countries have the opportunity. Thus Alert All puts the police and insurance companies ahead of thieves and other dubious characters in a way that never before been possible.
Alert All enables not only insurance companies, police authorities, but also auction houses and antique dealers, as well as collectors and burglarised individuals, To give and receive information about stolen valuables at any time. There are no Obstacles like difference in time, holidays, red tape or whatever to prevent you From gaining immediate and direct access to the database of Alert All. The basic Idea is simply to distribute intelligence on stolen items to as many people in as many countries as possible, as quickly and as easily as modern technology admits.
Fine & Decorative ART Online , THEFT ALERT
"$4.5 billion worth of fine art and highly valued antiquities are stolen each year. The cost of insuring inventories and holdings and providing security is on the rise. This service is operated in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, museums and galleries, and insurance companies."
http://www.interloc.com/lost/index.htm
Interloc: Missing/Stolen Book Alert!
The Art Loss Register
a permanent computerised database of stolen and missing works of art, antiques and valuables, operating on an international basis to assist law enforcement agencies in the battle against art theft. Supporting the vital work of law enforcement agencies worldwide, The Art Loss Register helps with the recovery of stolen art, antiques and valuables, discourages art theft and prevents fraud. Founded in January 1991 on the initiative of the insurance and art and antiques industries and operating as a commercial venture, the ALR is a significant development in the fight against art theft. 1996 was our sixth year of operations and gratifying progress has been made in the identification and assistance in recoveries since inception, of over 1000 items valued at £25 / $30 million. 130 insurers including Lloyd's syndicates have benefited from recoveries and the insurance industry as a whole are net beneficiaries. The international dimension of this business can be gauged from the fact that of these, 20% have been recovered outside the country of ownership.
In the UK especially, our market penetration is now very satisfactory having the support of 34 insurance companies and 85 Lloyd's syndicates, which accounts for some 90%+ of the fine art and household claims settled by loss adjusters. A high percentage of losses are logged but for those handled in-house by insurance companies, further education of claims handlers is required.
Overseas the company has obtained the support of the Austrian, Belgian, Irish, Norwegian, Swedish and Swiss Insurance Companies Associations, and active, marketing efforts are underway in Holland, Germany, and Italy. In France negotiations continue with the French Association of Insurance Companies and in Australia we are represented by The Loss Register.
In the USA 24 insurance companies subscribe and we have built solid relationships with the FBI, state police and art world. We are researching the possibility of appointing agents in various locations to represent us and increasing the dedicated staff in our New York office, run in conjunction with the International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR).
The company is examining the possibility of helping to introduce a system for the identification and recovery of jewellery, particularly gem stones since at present this is a major area of loss to the insurance industry thus at present the ALR can only log those items which are unique.
Stolen Art & Antiques (Maine Antique Digest)
Stolen Property or Finders Keepers
http://home.att.net/~tisone/problem.htm
The ownership of many priceless artworks has become questionable because of how each was acquired. Some were gotten through outright theft, others were the spoils of war. Some were taken in the process of colonization, some as bounty and others by treasure hunters. You will become investigators and reporters. After your investigations you will present a case which will help determine the legal and ethical title of the rightful owners.
Trace
Since 1990, Trace has assisted in the identification and recovery of over £65 million of stolen art, antiques and collectables, making it the most effective service available today for the detection and retrieval of valued possessions.
Trace Magazine is the only publication of its kind in the world and forms an important part of the Active Crime Tracking System (ACTS). This stolen art and antiques property database, developed and managed by Trace, is used on a daily basis by UK Constabularies and law enforcement agencies worldwide. The information is also disseminated by Interpol to 182 countries around the world. The 110,000 plus objects in the ACTS database are checked every day against items coming up for sale at nearly 1,000 auction houses and dealers the world over, as well as police seized property stores.
In 2003 Trace took one step further towards ending the trade in stolen art, antiques and collectables by creating the Trace Stolen Alert Network. It has formed partnerships with many leading associations and journals to ensure that details regarding stolen objects are seen by not only the widest but most appropriate, carefully targeted and passionate audiences. These partners include the Society for the Protection on Ancient Buildings (SPAB) and architectural salvage specialist Salvo. Other alliances have been formed with National Churchwatch, the Antique Collector's Club and The Art Newspaper.
The Trace service has always had great breadth of coverage - now it has added significant depth. Providing an unrivalled service for the identification and recovery of stolen art, antiques and collectables.
SALVO WEB:
antique dealers website frequently offering information about stolen objects.
REPORTING STOLEN BOOKS, RECOVERIES, & FORGERIES:
As with any other valuable object, the antiquarian book is subject to theft and forgery. One of the key deterrents to traffic in stolen books, maps.prints and manuscripts is information. Book dealers routinely purchase high value items from auctions, estates, other dealers and book scouts, libraries, and private parties. The ethical bookseller makes every effort to determine the provenance, ownership, and legitimacy of each item. Success in identifying stolen items and forgeries depends directly on the quality of information on losses that can be placed in the hands of the bookseller.
SOCIETY TO PREVENT TRADE IN STOLEN ART: S.T.O.P.:
Trade in stolen and forged art is one of the largest crimes in the world - second only to drug trafficking. Collectors, curators, and art lawyers have banded together to combat this growing problem with S.T.O.P. (The Society to Prevent Trade in Stolen Art). "If you are a collector or dealer, a curator or archaeologist, a student or professor, an insurance agency or detective agency - in short, if you have an interest in or question about stolen/forged art and antiquities, you've come to the right place!"
WORLD WIDE COLLECTORS DIGEST:
THEFT / FORGERY -Report Arena. This ARENA will report Thefts, Forgeries and Counterfeits. Accepting reports from stores, manufacturers and individuals. No reports will be placed in this arena without proper documentation. There is NO FEE connected to this service.
Joslin Hall Rare Books
Dealer in books on art and antiques; fraud and forgery seems a natural outgrowth of this. Offers information about art thefts. "Certainly the internet will never stamp out art theft and fraud, but it is going to make criminals move much quicker, as the response and notification time telescopes down from days and weeks to hours and minutes!"
JOSLIN HALL RARE BOOKS
Fine books of the 16th-20th centuries
exploring the trades, skills and ways of other times.
Post Office Box 516, Concord, Massachusetts 01742 USA
(617) 860-0665 // e-mail: jhall@tiac.net
Visit our electronic bookstore at
http://www.joslinhall.com
ABAA, ILAB

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STOLEN ART DATABASES

"A Search for the World's Most Wanted Art"

STOLEN ART DATABASES / OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT:

FRANCE: Oeuvres d'art recherchees
GERMANY: Bundeskriminalamt kunstwerke
SPAIN: Guardia Civil, Obras de arte sustraidas
UNITED KINGDOM: New Scotland Yard
UNITED STATES: FBI ; DOJ - Cultural Property
INTERPOL: Stolen Art

STOLEN ART DATABASES / PRIVATE

Belgium: Collectors World
Belgium: Stolen Art
France: Exolart
France: Robbed Artworks
Germany: Art Theft
Italy Lineart
Poland Lapidarium
Sweden : Alert All
UK: Antiques Index
UK: Salvo Web
UK: TRACE
USA: Collectors.Org
USA: Main Antique Digest
USA: coming soon - Art Intelligence