TRACFIN’s Focus report on ‘ML/TF in the Art Sector’ warns the market’s opaque, high-value transactions make it vulnerable to illicit funds, urging to strenghten vigilance and report suspicious activity

The report emphasizes that galleries, auctioneers, dealers, brokers, and other art professionals must comply with anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist financing obligations, including client verification, transaction monitoring, staff training, and filing...

INTERPOL, Europol, and WCO drive a major global art trafficking crackdown, seizing over 37,700 stolen artifacts and exposing traffickers’ digital tactics amid rising cybercrime threats to cultural heritage 

Operation Pandora IX (2024), coordinated by Spain with support from INTERPOL, Europol, and the WCO led to the seizure of 37,727 cultural items and 80 arrests across 23 countries. The operation targeted the illicit trafficking of artworks, archaeological relics, coins,...