LONDON – Pursuant to an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), with participation from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS); the High Commission of India in London in coordination with Indian Customs; and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York (DANY), the limestone carved relief and Navaneetha Krishna Bronze figure from India were repatriated to their home country. On Aug. 15, the High Commissioner of India in London accepted the return of the artifacts on behalf of India.
The artifacts are linked to one of the most prolific art smugglers in the world, who was recently charged in Manhattan, New York. An individual in the United Kingdom who possessed the items came forward to HSI expressing a desire to surrender the pieces. In June 2019, working with the MPS, the individual cooperated and turned over the artifacts to authorities. Read more at:https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/indian-artifacts-repatriated-home-country-during-london-ceremony
Contact Darren Heyman, immigration attorney, for more information.
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