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♻️Reshare our Map of the Ten Most Wanted Missing Antiquities, an illustrated guide to some of the most significant looted, stolen, and missing artifacts from around the world.

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The #ArtMarketIntegrityAct closes a dangerous loophole.
🖼️ It protects honest businesses.
💵 It disrupts illicit finance.
🛡️ It strengthens national security.

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❌ Fiction: The #ArtMarketIntegrityAct would hurt small businesses.
✅ Fact: It only applies to sales over $10K or businesses making $55K+ annually. Small & casual sellers? Not affected.

❌ Fiction: The #ArtMarket already follows all anti-money laundering rules.
✅ Fact: While the market's leading professional guidelines DO go far beyond the BSA's requirements, thus far the sector is self-regulated—and an increasing number of "smoking guns" show how that self-regulation is failing.

❌ Fiction: The art sector isn’t a big enough to warrant BSA protection.
✅ Fact: The global art market is worth $68B—larger than the music industry & rivaling luxury jewelry. Its high-value, private deals make it a money launderer’s haven.
#ArtMarketIntegrityAct

❌ Fiction: Art dealers aren't banks, so they should not be subject to the BSA.
✅ Fact: Despite its name, the BSA covers a wide-range of high-risk professionals and industries—including sellers of cars, boats, planes, jewels, stones, and precious metals.
#AML #ArtCrime

By extending BSA guardrails to the art market, the Art Market Integrity Act will help protect our national interests, ensuring that criminals do not succeed at the expense of law-abiding collectors, dealers, galleries, and auction houses.

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BSA guidelines mirror industry-authored best practices like
✅Know Your Customer (KYC)
✅Good record keeping
✅Basic due diligence

The BSA’s framework is no longer limited to banks. Its reporting and compliance standards now apply across a broad range of sectors vulnerable to financial crime—including💎🎰⛵️🚗💍🏠

What's not protected? 🖼️🏺