Countering Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods: The Global Challenge of Protecting the World’s Heritage Edited by France Desmarais ICOM International Observatory on Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Zeynep Boz, UNESCO Neil Brodie, University of Glasgow, UK Markus Hilgert, Vorderasiatisches Museum im Pergamonmuseum, Germany Bonnie Magness-Gardiner, FBI, Department of Justice, USA Vincent Négri, ISP (Institut des sciences sociales du politique UMR7220), France Marina Schneider, UNIDROIT Samuel Sidibé, Musée national, Mali COPYEDITING: Melanie Foehn TRANSLATION: Akzént-Dolmetscherteam; Melanie Foehn; Rachel Zerner DESIGN, LAYOUT AND PRINTING: France Edition Multimédia 70, avenue Alfred Kastler – CS 90014 66028 Perpignan CEDEX Tel: +33 (0) 4 68 66 94 75 Email: franceedit@francedit.com Copyright 2015 by ICOM ICOM 1, rue de Miollis, 75732 Paris CEDEX 15 France Tel: 33 (0) 1 47 34 05 00 Fax: +33 (0) 1 43 06 78 62
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