Series | Antiquity Studies
Edited book | Stolen Heritage
Chapter | Organised Crime in Trafficking of Cultural Goods in Turkey and Interconnections between Antiquities Trafficking and Narcotics Trafficking, Arms Trafficking and Political Violence
Organised Crime in Trafficking of Cultural Goods in Turkey and Interconnections between Antiquities Trafficking and Narcotics Trafficking, Arms Trafficking and Political Violence
Abstract
This research assesses who is involved in the trafficking of archaeological objects and fake antiquities from Turkey; how they are involved; and how they operate, both online and offline. It highlights the volume and visibility of indicators of illicit activity by suspects in online forums and social networks like Facebook and Instagram. With automatically-generated data, netnographic data and other open data, this research documents online social organisation of mass disorganised crime. It also documents corruption; transnational crime, organised crime and transnational organised crime; and financing of political violence from repression to terrorism and conflict.
Submitted: Jan. 18, 2021 | Published March 31, 2021 | Language: en
Keywords Turkey • Political violence • Antiquities trafficking • Organised cultural property crime • Cyprus • Germany • Narcotics trafficking • Organised crime • United Kingdom
Copyright © 2021 Samuel Andrew Hardy. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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