Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the return of two stone sculptures to the people of Cambodia. The objects were recovered pursuant to several criminal investigations into trafficking networks targeting Cambodian antiquities, including that of SUBHASH KAPOOR.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office returned two Khmer artefacts to representatives of the Cambodian government on 26 March. The two stone sculptures were recovered as part of a larger criminal investigation into trafficking networks specialised in Cambodian antiquities, including those tied to the smuggler and disgraced dealer Subhash Kapoor, whose dealings in artefacts from South and Southeast Asia led to his arrest by the DA’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit in 2012.
“I am pleased that we have been able to return more than 30 pieces to Cambodia in just the past several years. That is a testament to the outstanding work of our investigators and prosecutors, and I thank them for their continued efforts to dismantle these smuggling rings,” said District Attorney Bragg.
With crimes involving ghost guns on the rise, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., is calling on a 3D printer manufacturer to put more safeguards in place to prevent the spread of 3D-printed guns and gun parts.
Manhattan’s district attorney is asking a Chinese manufacturer of 3D printers to block the production of homemade “ghost guns” after untraceable weapons made by such printers were used in a number of crimes in the city.
