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Press Release – The Icon Hunter
Pegasus books publishes much-anticipated memoir 'The Icon Hunter' by Tasoula Hadjitofi renown cultural activist. The book has amassed positive reviews from the literary community in the US and Europe. On sale: 11 April 2017 The Icon Hunter Press Release
Eleftheria toy Typou
The Cypriot “prosfygopoula” (little girl refugee) who became an “icon hunter” and a “hunter” of stolen (national) treasures. An International persecutor of (cultural) crime. “I have the recipe for reclaiming the Parthenon Marbles…” A “traumatized child of war” –as...
The Icon Hunter: A Refugee’s Quest to Reclaim Her Nation’s Stolen Heritage
In this gripping memoir, Hadjitofi, former Honorary Consul of Cyprus in the Netherlands and founder of the NGO Walk of Truth, chronicles the Munich sting operation that uncovered and repatriated stolen artifacts and icons looted from Cypriot churches during the...
Tasoula Hadjitofi to release her autobiography
THE ICON HUNTER - A Refugee’s Quest to Reclaim Her Nation’s Stolen Heritage by Tasoula Hadjitofi with Kathy Barrett On Sale: April 11, 2017 Throughout history, art smugglers, war profiteers, and terrorists have stolen countless icons, frescos, mosaics and cultural...
PENDING RATIFICATION OF 1954 HAGUE CONVENTION
The ratification of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict will be mentioned in the Queen’s Speech in British Parliament. This is a result of months of dedicated lobbying by Walk of Truth and the All-Party...
Mayor of London backs efforts to halt trade in trafficked antiquities
Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, today joined members of both Houses of Parliament in vowing to stop London’s art market being used by terrorists to sell trafficked antiquities. The parliamentarians also backed the idea of London Boris Johnson, the mayor of London,...
Protecting Cultural Heritage Against Illicit Trade of Art Trafficking
As the Middle East’s incredibly rich heritage is systematically plundered and sold off to fetch millions, Tasoula Hadjitofi, a refugee and the founder of the organization "Walk of Truth," explores what can be done to prevent and combat this illicit trade. What can we...