Art Trafficking A Grey Market

The Trafficking Of Antiquities Ranks Third Among The Worlds Black Markets Primarily Supplied By Pillaging And Clandestine Archeological Digs This Trafficking Feeds The Legal Art Market It Floods Galleries And Museums And It Deprives Populations An Increasingly Larger Portion Of Their Cultural Heritage A Growing Number Of Pillaged Nations Are Demanding Restitution Of Their Stolen Treasures Their Demands Have Long Been Ignored But Isiss Recent Ransacking In Iraq And Syria Has Raised Awareness And Sparked Outrage The General Consensus Is That Action Is Urgently Required But Which States Have The Means To Do So