‘Rescue’ has long provided a justification for the handling of illicit cultural goods, yet the specific consequences of this practice have not been systematically documented. This paper draws on historic, recent and still-emerging cases around the world to assess the resurgent argument that looted antiquities and stolen artefacts should be rescued through purchases made by private collectors. It shows that the practice is promoted by politically exposed persons, who use it for money laundering and reputation laundering; that proceeds from the practice may be received by transnational organised crime groups; and that its social and political acceptability is exploited to facilitate fraud and embezzlement. While many of these cases demonstrate complicity on the part of elites and authorities within the societies that are victimised, they are emblematic of the global structure of this enterprise. They also reaffirm the complicity of markets and authorities in the Global North/West in illicit flows of cultural assets that are exceptionally harmful to societies in the

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购买被盗文化产品的私人“救援”：欧洲和北美的物质和社会后果以及同谋

“救援”长期以来一直为处理非法文化产品提供正当理由，但这种做法的具体后果尚未得到系统记录。本文利用世界各地的历史、近期和仍在出现的案例来评估重新流行的观点，即应该通过私人收藏家的购买来拯救被掠夺的古物和被盗的文物。它表明这种做法是由政治公众人物推动的，他们将其用于洗钱和洗钱；跨国有组织犯罪集团可能会收到这种做法的收益；并且利用其社会和政治可接受性来促进欺诈和贪污。虽然其中许多案例表明受害社会中的精英和当局是同谋，它们是该企业全球结构的象征。他们还重申，全球北部/西部的市场和当局在文化资产的非法流动中串通一气，这对当地社会极为有害。