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Thursday, July 5, 2018

25,000 antiquities seized in European crackdown on trafficking ring

Police forces in four countries on Wednesday seized some 25,000 Greek and Roman archaeological items worth over 40 million euros (US$46 million) in predawn raids, cracking down on illegal trafficking in cultural goods. Some 250 officers in Italy, Spain, Britain and Germany simultaneously swooped in on 40 houses – the culmination of a four-year investigation led by the Italians, the European police agency said. In Italy, the raids were focused on the regions of Sicily, Calabria, Piedmont...


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