$12M Settlement Announced of Civil Forfeiture Action Against Antiquities Trafficker Douglas Latchford's Estate

The estate of British antiquities dealer Douglas Latchford agreed to a $12 million civil forfeiture settlement in a Manhattan federal court related to a multiyear scheme to sell looted Cambodian antiquities. Latchford had been indicted in 2019 in the Southern District of New York for wire fraud conspiracy and other crimes before dying in 2020, prompting the civil action against his estate.