Ismayilzada Nuray Covdat-PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FROM ILLICIT TRAFFICKING

The international art market is among

markets that keep increasing more and
more every year with the art market of Europe
being the largest as the result of sales made through auctions, private sales and dealers, as well
as in terms of recorded cross border trade of
artworks [14]. While the increase of interest in
the art market has a lot of positive sides such as
its development, it is also the reason behind the
increase in the theft of cultural heritage goods
from museums, numerous private collections
and looting of archaeological sites.