AP via The Guardian: Iraqi officials are cataloging items still missing from their national museum to help police around the world prevent trafficking in the stolen antiquities, a UNESCO official said Monday.

Mounir Bouchenaki, assistant director-general for culture at the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, said 3,000 to 4,000 items remain unaccounted for...

...Bouchenaki, who recently returned from heading a delegation of archaeological experts to Iraq, said museum officials are trying to compile a list of the missing items, check it against lists of artifacts unearthed at archaeological digs and provide the information to Interpol, which coordinates information-sharing among police forces in 181 countries...