Last updated on July 1st, 2023 at 12:33 pm
The US National Stolen Art File (NSAF) database of stolen artworks and culturally significant objects was made available as an app on April 10 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). With this app, both individuals and museums can use their mobile devices to quickly and easily locate missing artworks.
Anyone in the globe can use the NSAF app to check the legitimacy of cultural property with just a few taps and swipes, although it was developed with law enforcement and the art business in mind.
The head of the FBI’s art crime programme, Colleen Childers expressed that one of the biggest evolutions for NSAF was making it publicly available. He added that they’ve upgraded their mobile site and are working to make navigating it easier.
The programme has a search bar, filter options for sorting artwork by description, location, and genre, and sharing tools for getting the word out and providing information to the FBI. The app is available for no cost at all.
The NSAF app by the FBI is not the first time the public’s smartphones have been enlisted in the hunt for looted artwork. The Italian Carabinieri’s Paintings Crimes Unit pioneered using a mobile app to mobilise the public against thefts of paintings and other cultural artefacts in 2014. In addition, the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) released its ID-Art app in 2021. It serves as a reporting and recording system for cultural heritage locations and artefacts in danger of being damaged or stolen.
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