Aug 04 Watch 7:35 Wildlife detectives bust shellfish poachers in Washington state By PBS News Hour In Washington state, clams, oysters and mussels are being poached from the Puget Sound and sold for thousands of dollars. The most in-demand of these is the geoduck, which can sell for $150 a pound. Special correspondent Katie Campbell of… Continue watching
May 06 Watch 4:02 Why U.S. rules aren’t stopping illegal ivory trade at home By PBS News Hour Much of the money made from the illegal global ivory trade funds global terrorism and criminal networks. Judy Woodruff talks to the NewsHour’s P.J. Tobia about illicit ivory sales in the U.S. and how hard it is to regulate. Continue watching
Jun 28 Government auctions off Bitcoins from Silk Road seizure By Xander Landen The U.S. Marshals Service held an auction Friday of nearly 30,000 bitcoins seized from the now-shuttered online black market, Silk Road. Continue reading
Jul 10 One Million Children Labor in Africa’s Goldmines By Ellen Rolfes In Burkina Faso, gold production has more than doubled in recent years. Though child labor is against the law in the West African nation, the economics and the nature of mining make labor law enforcement extremely difficult. Continue reading
May 21 Watch Art Theft Expert: ‘90% Chance’ Stolen Paintings Will Surface After the theft of five valuable paintings from a Paris museum, Jeffrey Brown talks to art security and recovery consultant Robert Wittman about the black market for stolen art and security measures that could help protect valuable artifacts. Continue watching
May 21 Watch Parisian Officials Appeal to Thieves for Return of Stolen Paintings The Paris Museum of Modern Art remained closed, following the theft of five paintings, valued at more than $110 million. Jeffrey Brown has the latest on the daring art heist. Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch Rome’s ‘Nostoi’ Marks Homecoming of Italian Artwork Over the centuries, archaeologists and looters unearthed ancient sculptures and other works of art on the Italian peninsula, taking their finds home with them. Now, with "Nostoi," Greek for "return home," Rome celebrates the return of many of these masterpieces… Continue watching