Matthew Bogdanos

United States Marine Corps officer, head of Manhattan district attorney’s antiquities trafficking unit

  1. We do not under any circumstances want to denude New York of its cultural treasures. If it's legal, great, we should keep it. But if it's illegal, then it should go back to the country of origin.
    Matthew Bogdanos · Freakonomics Radio · Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case? (Update) · 2026-08-21
  2. I've been in 3 wars. I've had 6 combat tours. I'm a career homicide prosecutor. No one has ever actually called me naïve before.
    Matthew Bogdanos · Freakonomics Radio · Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case? (Update) · 2026-08-21
  3. It ain't complicated. It's actually unbelievably simple if you take morality and pompous arrogance holier-than-thou out of it and stick to the law.
    Matthew Bogdanos · Freakonomics Radio · The Case of the $4 Million Gold Coffin (Update) · 2026-08-14