This event was the first cooperation initiative between UNESCO Headquarters, the UNESCO Office in Montevideo and INTERPOL in Buenos Aires.

The aim of the event was to enhance capacities in the fight against illicit trafficking in cultural property by INTERPOL police forces at the national level. It is now particularly important to promote the Convention ratification and effective implementation by a large number of countries.

The goals set and met included:

provide training on general aspects of UNESCO conventions concerning illicit trafficking, including the UNIDROIT Convention;

• To provide training on the identification of different types of illicit-trafficking-susceptible property;

• To share special techniques and tools for police use, applicable to laws and organizations working to combat trafficking in cultural property; and,

• To present good practices relative to cultural property restitution and return.

Participants from different countries had the opportunity to share experiences in research procedures, presenting success stories, best practices and challenges they have had to face.

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This event was the first cooperation initiative between UNESCO Headquarters, the UNESCO Office in Montevideo and INTERPOL in Buenos Aires.

The aim of the event was to enhance capacities in the fight against illicit trafficking in cultural property by INTERPOL police forces at the national level. It is now particularly important to promote the Convention ratification and effective implementation by a large number of countries.

The goals set and met included:

provide training on general aspects of UNESCO conventions concerning illicit trafficking, including the UNIDROIT Convention;

• To provide training on the identification of different types of illicit-trafficking-susceptible property;

• To share special techniques and tools for police use, applicable to laws and organizations working to combat trafficking in cultural property; and,

• To present good practices relative to cultural property restitution and return.

Participants from different countries had the opportunity to share experiences in research procedures, presenting success stories, best practices and challenges they have had to face.

More informationThis event was the first cooperation initiative between UNESCO Headquarters, the UNESCO Office in Montevideo and INTERPOL in Buenos Aires.

The aim of the event was to enhance capacities in the fight against illicit trafficking in cultural property by INTERPOL police forces at the national level. It is now particularly important to promote the Convention ratification and effective implementation by a large number of countries.

The goals set and met included:

provide training on general aspects of UNESCO conventions concerning illicit trafficking, including the UNIDROIT Convention;

• To provide training on the identification of different types of illicit-trafficking-susceptible property;

• To share special techniques and tools for police use, applicable to laws and organizations working to combat trafficking in cultural property; and,

• To present good practices relative to cultural property restitution and return.

Participants from different countries had the opportunity to share experiences in research procedures, presenting success stories, best practices and challenges they have had to face.

More information