The truth behind antiquities trafficking and how to stop it

Internationally renown Head of Antiquities Trafficking Unit, Colonel Matthew Bogdanos speaks on current issues in antiquities looting and the global struggle to expose, recover and repatriate.

The presentation will explore the trafficking in looted antiquities that often funds terrorism, while destroying the irreplaceable heritage of all humanity. Through unparalleled photographs from Afghanistan to Iraq and a dozen other countries, it will expose the global black market. Colonel Bogdanos will describe his team’s recovery of more than 15,000 of history’s most priceless antiquities from around the world, but especially from Egypt, while also detailing the ongoing efforts of New York’s, one of a kind, antiquities trafficking unit.