BEN FRANKLINPRIVATE SECURITY FORCECULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION
Secure ReportConfidential submissionThese official resources support preliminary orientation. The controlling law depends on the object, jurisdiction, movement history, ownership claims, and applicable treaties or domestic legislation.
External links open the official source. A resource listing does not determine the law or outcome of a particular case.
International framework addressing illicit import, export, and transfer of ownership of cultural property.
Open official source →Convention concerning stolen or illegally exported cultural objects and international claims for restitution or return.
Open official source →International police database combining certified descriptions and images of stolen and missing works.
Open official source →Illustrated categories of cultural objects vulnerable to theft and illicit trafficking; not lists of specific stolen objects.
Open official source →United States federal resources concerning art and cultural-property crime.
Open official source →Information on cultural-property agreements and international heritage protection.
Open official source →Do not confront a possessor, remove an object, arrange a private transfer, publish sensitive location data, or represent that a report authorizes recovery activity.
Retain original images, documents, messages, invoices, labels, packaging, and digital metadata.
Avoid cleaning, repair, sampling, relabeling, disassembly, or movement unless necessary for immediate safety.
State whether a sale, shipment, concealment, destruction, or voluntary surrender is imminent.
The secure reporting system is not an emergency-dispatch or law-enforcement system.