Bulgaria, Belize and the MOU

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) has posted details of the proposed MOUs with Bulgaria and Belize. Links to the online submission process can be found here.

SAFE has published a useful set of links about Bulgaria.

CPAC: Belize and Bulgaria

A meeting of the US Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) will be taking place in November to consider possible MOUs with Belize and Bulgaria [formal notice].

Bulgaria is "seeking import restrictions on archaeological and ethnological material". The flow of archaeological material from Bulgaria has been a matter of note on LM.

Some recent stories and reports (not all on LM):

• Bulgarian objects to be returned from Canada. 21000 objects reported to have been seized in Montreal
• The scale of looting in Bulgaria. 
• Looting in Bulgaria. 
• Bulgaria as a source for recently surfaced coins. Including the shipping of 1 metric tonne of material through Frankfurt.
• Organized crime in Bulgaria: markets and trends. Chapter 5: The antiquities trade: dealers, traffickers, and connoisseurs. Includes a discussion of coins.