Organized criminal involvement in the illicit antiquities trade

Trends in Organized Crime

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-29

  Proulx, Blythe Bowman ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiquities trafficking; Archaeological theft; Organized crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865456045     PISSN: 10844791     EISSN: 19364830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12117-010-9115-8     Document Type: Article

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