# Douglas Latchford

> Douglas Arthur Joseph "Dynamite" Latchford was a British art dealer, smuggler and author. He was known for being a prominent collector and trader of Cambodian statues and artefacts, which he illegally smuggled out of the country during the civil war and Khmer Rouge eras, and sold to prominent museums and art collectors. He was charged with fraud in 2019 for falsifying the origins of traded antiquities. Since his death in 2020, millions of dollars' worth of artefacts smuggled by Latchford have been repatriated to Cambodia.

*Art dealer in looted antiquities (1931-2020)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Business Professional
- **Category:** Business Professionals
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1931-10-15
- **Died:** 2020-08-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Douglas Arthur Joseph "Dynamite" Latchford was a British art dealer, smuggler and author. He was known for being a prominent collector and trader of Cambodian statues and artefacts, which he illegally smuggled out of the country during the civil war and Khmer Rouge eras, and sold to prominent museums and art collectors. He was charged with fraud in 2019 for falsifying the origins of traded antiquities. Since his death in 2020, millions of dollars' worth of artefacts smuggled by Latchford have been repatriated to Cambodia.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 47.9
- **Momentum:** 22.7

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97977177)

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