Taskforce created to stop organisations such as Isis selling looted antiquities to finance terrorism Italy is to work with the UN’s cultural agency to protect ancient artefacts and archaeological sites in clash areas from extremists. [br]The Italian foreign minister,Paolo Gentiloni, and Unescos director general, or Irina Bokova,signed an accord in Rome creating an Italian taskforce and a centre in Turin to train heritage protection experts. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com