Listed alongside the more familiar knackered sofas and unwanted books are ancient, stolen treasures: Facebook Marketplace has ...

War-torn countries are having their cultural heritage destroyed with antiquities being looted ... traffickers use the features of platforms like Facebook to facilitate their illegal businesses ...

Facebook is being used by networks of traffickers to buy and sell looted antiquities. Private groups also discuss how to illegally excavate ancient tombs, according to research by academics.

A Texas woman hit the jackpot with an antique purchase worth way more ... creator based in Dallas recounted her “most insane Facebook Marketplace story” after the furniture was delivered ...

named for the Arabic word for antiquities. At the same time, Al-Azm said, social media lowered the barriers to entry to the marketplace. Now there are at least 90 Facebook groups, most in Arabic ...

Amanda DeWitt, who goes by @itsamandadewitt on TikTok, was delighted when she purchased an antique Louis XVI buffet cabinet on Facebook Marketplace — but couldn’t believe her eyes when she ...

We examine the scale of the looting, how traffickers use the features of platforms like Facebook to facilitate their illegal businesses, and how the western art world could help tackle the issue.