German conviction in antiquities case reaches the Met and Louvre Abu Dhabi

A German court convicted two siblings of money laundering over looted Egyptian artefacts, ordering confiscation of €32 million. The children of alleged trafficking-ring head Serop Simonian, they are linked to seizures of five antiquities from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2022 and to Louvre Abu Dhabi. Provenance standards at major institutions face scrutiny across five jurisdictions.