There is a RAND report on ISIS financing just come out. It contains only one paragraph on antiquities looting (on p. 67) and it is only based on interviews with anonymous sources. In general, this report seems to confirm that antiquities were only minuscule portion of ISIS' total funding. It seems that:
- most smuggled antiquities were small, portable items.
- sold only in neighboring countries.
- there is mention of a gold bracelet sold for $400,000
- one source reports that artifacts from the Mosul Museum were smuggled abroad and sold in Turkey.
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