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 

by | May 22, 2025

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,...

Europol arrests targeting trafficking in cultural goods

by | Mar 9, 2022

A global operation targeting illicit trafficking in cultural goods has led to 52 arrests and the seizure of 9 408 cultural artefacts across the world. These priceless items include archaeological objects, furniture, coins, paintings, musical instruments and...