SDG 16.4: Combat Organized Crime and Illicit Financial and Arms Flows

“The Association on American Indian Affairs has composed the following International Repatriation Guide to assist communities seeking to start their own international repatriation efforts. 

Because international repatriations have often been long, difficult, emotionally trying and expensive...

“This guide, supported with examples and illustrations, provides a scientific model and methodology for risk examination and assessment. It enables cultural heritage professionals and institutions to devise intervention plans based on thorough assessment, which can ultimately facilitate...

“These guidelines identify important issues that collections administrators should address in their efforts to ensure long-term access to and preservation of special collections. While directed primarily towards institutions in North America, many topics are applicable in other countries.” 

“The purpose of the paper is to present art crime and preventive measures that reduce crime involving art in museums, churches and sacred objects.

Art crime and preventive measures are analysed by applying a descriptive method and literature review. Statistical data are considered to present the...

“This impact management solution enables businesses worldwide to set goals, track progress, and stay motivated on their actions toward the SDGs… The SDG Action Manager will help you: find your starting point, learn which SDGs matter most to you based on your company profile, and how to take action...

Disaster impacted countries and communities are often times much better equipped to Build Back Better during the extended period of recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction when they have taken actions to strengthen recovery capacity and decision-making effectiveness prior to the onset of...

“The CITES Identification Manual is a collection of data sheets designed to help identify various species of fauna and flora with drawings (black and white), photographs, maps and concise descriptions. It is a useful tool for CITES Management and Scientific Authorities, Customs officials, and all...

“Many cultural heritage institutions fail to recognize the vulnerability of their collections to loss. Collections can be threatened by theft and vandalism, disasters (e.g. fire or flood), and damage from careless handling or poor environmental conditions. Any institution seeking to provide the best...

“The theft and illicit trade of cultural artifacts is a major international crime, second only to drug trade, and totaling $4 - 6 billion each year (according to the Museum Security Network). A vast majority of those thefts are committed by someone inside the cultural organization. Very few of us...

“…Little effort has been made to analyze the complex relations between heritage, conflict, peace and individual freedom. The lack of heritage-based metrics for peace has also placed professionals on-the-ground in a difficult position. They bear a heavy responsibility to ensure that their...

“In 2001, the National Park Service awarded California State Parks a $41,635 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) grant to plan and implement a series of workshops throughout the state to bring together tribal members and museum staff to examine the issue of contaminated...

• “To empower human resources involved in the prevention of illicit trafficking of cultural property as well as the restitution of stolen or illegally exported cultural objects;
• To promote the relevant Conventions and the need to adopt an effective national legislation;
• To establish and reinforce...