What Is Due Diligence?

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The only way i can claim that it's legal is if i can demonstrate that this was somehow acquired prior to 19 70. Different countries have different ways of determining what is considered to be due diligence. I've seen providence like the seller swears that they've had it in their fam swear. So you have to be really stupid to get caught. If you look at he number of convictions from the antiquities laws thatte existe in the u k, there are very few. You ca probably hold in one hand you can count the number of convictions.

Priceless cultural artifacts have been plundered and sold for hundreds of years. You can find these relics in museums and in private collections. In recent years, with the advent of online marketplaces, researchers have begun to find a lot of artifacts for sale on the web.

The Syrian War has resulted in hundreds of thousands of casualties. Not to mention, hundreds of billions in damages. And that battle has played out on land considered to be the cradle of civilization -- a place rich with layers of archeological history.

Producer Zeina Dowidar and her team on the Kerning Cultures podcast tell stories about the Middle East and North Africa. For this episode, they took a comprehensive, inside look at how one country struggled to retain its cultural heritage in the midst of a brutal conflict.

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