Post by Victoria University of Wellington

Professor Simon Mackenzie from the School of Social and Cultural Studies recently published a paper about the dynamics of transnational crime and illegal global markets, exploring the movement of cultural and natural collectibles from economically-poor to wealthy countries. The research for the paper, which explores how looted goods such as ancient statues, fossils, or live animals are trafficked around the globe and into museums and the homes of the wealthy, continues an interest that has stayed with him throughout his career.