Explaining the Expose: The AC Interviews Angela Chiu on the Pandora Papers

via the Antiquities Coalition, 22 Oct 2021: The Antiquities Coalition’s interview with Dr. Angela Chiu on the recent revelations by the Pandora Papers.

On October 3, 2021, The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published a groundbreaking investigation of millions of leaked documents that revealed stunning financial secrets and offshore dealings of world leaders, politicians, and billionaires from around the globe, better known as the Pandora Papers.

One of the actors targeted in the expose is Douglas Latchford, the notorious antiquities trafficker indicted in 2019 for dealing in stolen art and artifacts. This investigation uncovers how Latchford and his family set up trusts in tax havens shortly after he was linked to looted antiquities, and used trusts and offshore accounts to store antiquities.

The expose is a must-read, deeply reported investigation that destroys so much of the false narrative that glorifies Douglas Latchford and the antiquities trade. The loopholes exposed threaten not just nations such as Cambodia, or even our world heritage, but the responsible market and the global financial system.

To begin to break down this astounding case, we spoke with Angela Chiu, an independent scholar with a PhD in Southeast Asian art history who has conducted extensive research on the Asian antiquities trade.

Source: Explaining the Expose: The AC Interviews Angela Chiu on the Pandora Papers – Antiquities Coalition