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ANCHISE RESOURCES CENTER
"Toward a European Interdisciplinary Competence Centre to Combat the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage" is the second policy brief by the ANCHISE project. In this document, we provide legislative and political grounds to the need such a structure to protect heritage at EU level. The Policy Research (longer version) provides the grounds for all the claims that are present in this Policy Brief (shorter version).
ANCHISE POLICY BRIEF 2
ANCHISE POLICY BRIEF 1
Read the first Policy brief of the Anchise project, outlining what is already active at policy level to enhance the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural goods. The documents opens up to future reflections about identified gaps and paves the way to the final ANCHISE recommendations
ANCHISE aims at offering to European societies efficient methods, knowledge and toolkit to enhance the protection of cultural heritage against looting and illicit trafficking.Here you can find a simple explanation of the tools developed in the framework of the project.
ANCHISE Toolkit
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"Toward a European Interdisciplinary Competence Centre to Combat the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage" is the second policy brief by the ANCHISE project. In this document, we provide legislative and political grounds to the need such a structure to protect heritage at EU level. The Policy Research (longer version) provides the grounds for all the claims that are present in this Policy Brief (shorter version).
ANCHISE flyer
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ANCHISE Final Forum - Protecting Heritage Together
Titled "Protecting Heritage Together: Innovative Solutions against Trafficking of Cultural Goods," the ANCHISE Final Forum took place on 14–16 January 2026 in Athens and online, hosted by the École Française d'Athènes at the Archaeological Society of Athens.
As the culminating event of the ANCHISE project, it marked the convergence of the project's scientific, political, and technological ambitions. ANCHISE The three-day programme was structured around six dedicated roundtables covering research, technological innovation, data engineering, policy, training, and community engagement.
Key outputs included updated policy recommendations building on earlier Brussels forum discussions, incorporating three years of project learning, alongside presentations of ANCHISE's cutting-edge tools for site monitoring, collection protection, and object identification.
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ANCHISE Final Forum | Athens
ANCHISE Final Forum | Athens
ANCHISE Final Forum in Athens & Online | 14 January 2026 - DAY 1 AFTERNOON
ANCHISE Final Forum in Athens & Online | 15 January 2026 - DAY 2 MORNING
ANCHISE Final Forum in Athens & Online | 16 January 2026 - DAY 3 MORNING
ANCHISE Forum - Advancing the fight against trafficking of cultural goods
On the 3rd April 2024, policy makers, heritage professionals, researchers, experts, and innovators gathered at the Palais des Académies in Brussels and online, for the ANCHISE Forum: a pivotal event focused on advancing the fight against the illicit trafficking of cultural goods.
With more than 80 in-person participants and 60 users connected online, the Anchise Forum saw important professionals from different fields come across the stage. Researchers, law enforcement agency professionals, heritage professionals and technological experts took turns painting a complete picture of what Anchise is and what our main achievements are as a project, while also discussing the next steps for combating illicit trafficking.
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ANCHISE Forum in Brussels
ANCHISE Forum in Brussels
ANCHISE FORUM - Welcoming and opening
ANCHISE FORUM - Paving the way for recommendations
ANCHISE FORUM - Round table with practitioners
Exclusive ANCHISE interviews with experts in the field
ANCHISE is not only solutions against the fight against trafficking of cultural goods. It is also a network of professionals at national and European level that are engaged at the forefront. It is important to collect best practices from all around the world to counter this crime.
Law Enforcement Agencies and Cultural Heritage professionals are featured in these exclusive ANCHISE interviews, where we delve in their work and their impact on cultural heritage protection.
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ANCHISE Interviews
ANCHISE Interviews
ANCHISE Demostration - Interview with Athanasia Psalti
ANCHISE Demostration - Interview with Agathoniki Tsilipakou
ANCHISE Demostration - Interview with Athanasia Psalti
International Symposium in Poitiers, France
The ANCHISE International Symposium, titled "The Economic and Social Context of Illicit Trafficking in Archaeological Artefacts," took place on 8–9 November 2023 at the University of Poitiers. ANCHISE Co-organised by the HERMA laboratory of the University of Poitiers and the European University Institute of Florence, the event brought together international researchers and practitioners working against illicit trafficking in archaeology.
Its core objective was to exchange knowledge about the economic and social conditions enabling the illicit trade of cultural heritage — particularly archaeological goods — from source countries to market countries, with a focus on the Euro-Mediterranean region.
Some 230 people registered, reflecting growing international interest in the fight against cultural heritage looting. Michael-culture As a key output, the publication "Artefacts, Roots, Networks: Endangered Archaeology and Trafficking of Archaeological Objects" documented the symposium's findings through thematic analyses and summaries of contributions from researchers and practitioners.
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International Symposium | Poitiers
International Symposium | Poitiers
Anchise Symposium 1: Political economy and sociology of trafficking in cultural goods
Anchise Symposium 2: Archaeology facing the looting and trafficking
