Strasbourg, 03/03/2016 (Agence Europe) - The Council of Europe (CoE) is putting together a new criminal law convention on the fight against the illegal trafficking in cultural property, the Secretary General of the organisation, Thorbjorn Jagland, announced on Tuesday 2 March.
The text, which is to be finalised by the end of the year, will be the first international legal instrument to tackle the trade in archaeological remains as practised by the organisation Daesh/Islamic State, in order...