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Scientific Papers & Posters

Exploring Overlaps of Cultural Property Crime with Organised Crime in EU Policy Documents

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research (2024)

Patricia Faraldo Cabana

Developing a Call Detail Record Generator for Cultural Heritage Preservation and Theft Mitigation: Applications and Implications

ARES '24: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (2024)

Robert-Ionut Vătăsoiu, Alexandru Vulpe, Robert Florescu, Mari-Ana Issachian, and George Suciu

Ethical and Legal Risks of Algorithmic and AI Tools Developed to Fight Against Trafficking in Cultural Property in the RITHMS Project

Proceedings VI Congreso XoveTIC (2023)

Amara García Adán and María-Ángeles Fuentes-Loureiro

Art Crime Does Not Pay: Multiplexed Social Network Analysis in Cultural Heritage Trafficking Forensics

Proceedings 19th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ICCWS (2024)

Jarno Salonen and Alessandro Guarino

Art Crime Does Not Pay

Proceedings 19th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ICCWS (2024)

Jarno Salon and Alessandro Guarino

RITHMS Project: How Digital Technology Can Help Protect Cultural Heritage from Illicit Trafficking

European Archeologists Association Annual Event (2024)

Michela De Bernardin, Riccardo Giovanelli, Madison Leeson, and Arianna Traviglia

War, art, and sanctions: social network analysis on the NACP’s databases of sanctioned Russian individuals and art collectors

International Journal of Digital Humanities (October 2024)

Madison Leeson, Riccardo Giovanelli, Michela De Bernardin, and Arianna Traviglia

RITHMS Digital Platform. How Social Network Analysis Can Be Leveraged To Fight High-RIsk Criminal Networks Trafficking in Cultural Goods

CEPOL Research and Science Conference 2024/2025

Michela De Bernardin, Madison Leeson, Riccardo Giovanelli, Sara Ferro, and Arianna Traviglia

Overcoming data siloes in cultural heritage crime research: a consolidated OSINT-derived dataset on art, antiquities, and the trade in cultural goods

Archival Science, volume 25, article number 16 (2025)

Madison Leeson, Riccardo Giovanelli, Sara Ferro, Michela De Bernardin, and Arianna Traviglia

A novel NLP-driven approach for enriching artefact descriptions, provenance, and entities in cultural heritage

Neural Computing and Applications (June 2025)

Sara Ferro, Riccardo Giovanelli, Madison Leeson, Michela De Bernardin, and Arianna Traviglia

RITHMS Digital Platform: Social Network Analysis for Intelligence-Led Policing of Cultural Heritage Crime

Smith, E., Austin, S. (eds) Researching a Rigged Game: Digital Approaches to Tracing the Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects. Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market, volume 11, Springer (2025)

Madison Leeson, Michela De Bernardin, Riccardo Giovanelli, Sara Ferro, and Arianna Traviglia

How organised is the trafficking of cultural goods? Spain as case study

Trends in Organised Crime (2026)

Maria Fuentes Loureiro, Patricia Faraldo Cabana

Social network analysis on the Proveana database: insights on the circulation of nazilooted cultural goods during and after WWII

Applied Network Science, volume 11, article number 48 (2026)

Riccardo Giovanelli, Madison Leeson, Sara Ferro, Michela De Bernardin, and Arianna Traviglia

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Threads of Heritage

Down The Rabbit Hole of Art Crimes

Film / Documentary (2025)

The Krater

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Film / Documentary (2025)

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Short movie

Film / Documentary (2025)

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Results

Scientific Papers & Posters

Exploring Overlaps of Cultural Property Crime with Organised Crime in EU Policy Documents

Patricia Faraldo Cabana

Developing a Call Detail Record Generator for Cultural Heritage Preservation and Theft Mitigation: Applications and Implications

Robert-Ionut Vătăsoiu, Alexandru Vulpe, Robert Florescu, Mari-Ana Issachian, and George Suciu

Ethical and Legal Risks of Algorithmic and AI Tools Developed to Fight Against Trafficking in Cultural Property in the RITHMS Project

Amara García Adán and María-Ángeles Fuentes-Loureiro

Art Crime Does Not Pay: Multiplexed Social Network Analysis in Cultural Heritage Trafficking Forensics

Jarno Salonen and Alessandro Guarino

Art Crime Does Not Pay

Jarno Salon and Alessandro Guarino

RITHMS Project: How Digital Technology Can Help Protect Cultural Heritage from Illicit Trafficking

Michela De Bernardin, Riccardo Giovanelli, Madison Leeson, and Arianna Traviglia

War, art, and sanctions: social network analysis on the NACP’s databases of sanctioned Russian individuals and art collectors

Madison Leeson, Riccardo Giovanelli, Michela De Bernardin, and Arianna Traviglia

RITHMS Digital Platform. How Social Network Analysis Can Be Leveraged To Fight High-RIsk Criminal Networks Trafficking in Cultural Goods

Michela De Bernardin, Madison Leeson, Riccardo Giovanelli, Sara Ferro, and Arianna Traviglia

Overcoming data siloes in cultural heritage crime research: a consolidated OSINT-derived dataset on art, antiquities, and the trade in cultural goods

Madison Leeson, Riccardo Giovanelli, Sara Ferro, Michela De Bernardin, and Arianna Traviglia

A novel NLP-driven approach for enriching artefact descriptions, provenance, and entities in cultural heritage

Sara Ferro, Riccardo Giovanelli, Madison Leeson, Michela De Bernardin, and Arianna Traviglia

RITHMS Digital Platform: Social Network Analysis for Intelligence-Led Policing of Cultural Heritage Crime

Madison Leeson, Michela De Bernardin, Riccardo Giovanelli, Sara Ferro, and Arianna Traviglia

How organised is the trafficking of cultural goods? Spain as case study

Maria Fuentes Loureiro, Patricia Faraldo Cabana

Social network analysis on the Proveana database: insights on the circulation of nazilooted cultural goods during and after WWII

Riccardo Giovanelli, Madison Leeson, Sara Ferro, Michela De Bernardin, and Arianna Traviglia

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Open Science Final Summary

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