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“Threads of Heritage – Down the Rabbit Hole of Art Crime” has been officially selected for the #RAM Film Festival 2025 in Rovereto. 📍 Special Screenings: 24 & 26 September 2025

This methodology opens new opportunities for building knowledge graphs that support investigators and researchers in uncovering #illicittrafficking networks and strengthening #culturalheritage protection. The models are publicly available on GitHub.

The study tackles the challenge of extracting structured knowledge from provenance records, #museum registries and reports of stolen artefacts. The authors developed and fine-tuned #NLP models capable of transforming complex, unstructured texts into analysable #data.

The new paper “A novel NLP-driven approach for enriching artefact descriptions, provenance, and entities in cultural heritage” by @ccht_venice , @IITalk is available online: rithms.eu/results

📅 More screening dates coming soon.
#ArtCrime #Documentary #HorizonEurope @ccht_venice @IITalk

🇪🇺 RITHMS was showcased at the Security Research Event 2025 in Warsaw (24–25 June) by the @ccht_venice m team with #ESI. Partners presented the Platform through live case demos and in-depth discussions with security stakeholders.
#RITHMS #SRE2025 #CulturalHeritage #EUProjects

🎬 The event also featured a special screening of the RITHMS documentary:
“Threads of Heritage. Down the Rabbit Hole of Art Crime”,
sparking strong interest among attendees. @ccht_venice

💡 This unique dataset enables:
✔️ Cross-referencing across fragmented sources
✔️ Improved transparency in provenance research
✔️ Enhanced investigative capabilities for heritage crime units
#HeritageProtection #SecurityResearch #EUProjects

🔍 The RITHMS team has developed 30 customised web scrapers to extract data from online repositories of:
-Stolen goods -Missing artefacts
-Protected & unprovenanced items
Consolidated into the largest OSINT dataset of its kind outside law enforcement.
#ProvenanceResearch

📢 New from the #RITHMS Project:
“Overcoming Data Siloes in Cultural Heritage Crime Research”
The article presents a major step forward in the use of open-source intelligence for heritage crime investigations.
#CulturalHeritage #OSINT #IllicitTrafficking

Conference on Cultural Heritage and Property – Würzburg, 21 June 2025
On 21 June, @ccht_venice researcher Riccardo Giovanelli presented the RITHMS Platform at the conference Cultural Heritage, Property Issues and Best Practice in Würzburg, hosted by @Uni_WUE

We were honoured to welcome keynote speakers:
🎤 Mr Klein, Bavarian State Office of Criminal Investigation
🎤 Mrs Schlageder, Bavarian Ministry of Science and Arts
Their contributions were instrumental in making the event a success.

The workshop offered:
✅ A step-by-step demonstration of the #RITHMS Platform
✅ Simulated operational scenarios
✅ Theoretical and practical modules on tackling #illicitculturaltrafficking

On 20 June, RITHMS held an Introductory Training Workshop in Munich, 20 June 2025 with the logistical support of HföD.
👮‍♂️👮‍♀️ Participants from 8 European police forces attended.
🔗 rithms.eu/communication/…
#RITHMS #LEAtraining #AIforSecurity

🚓 Over two intensive days, LEAs got hands-on with the #RITHMS platform—diving into data epistemology, #KnowledgeGraph building, SNA, and ethical use for fighting #culturalheritage #crimes. A big step forward in smart #intelligence work. 💡🔍 #LawEnforcement #Training

RITHMS #Newsletter Issue N.3 is out!
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Congratulations to prof. Patricia Faraldo Cabana for receiving an award at @EU_CEPOL Research & Science Conference 2025! 🏆

At @EU_CEPOL Resaerch & Science Conference, prof. Cabana shed light on critical gaps in #EUpolicies on #culturalheritagetrafficking. Her paper highlights the need to include #artmarket intermediaries in anti-monet laundering efforts to disrupts illicit financial flows.

Big day for @RITHMS_EU at #CEPOL Research & Science Conference 2025! Dr. Traviglia (@ccht_venice) presented latest advancements while Prof. Cabana shared key #criminological insights into #culturalgoodstrafficking 🔍 A poster on the RITHMS Digital Platform remained on display!