Crime and Trials
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From eKathimerini: Seven men were sentenced by a Greek court on Wednesday in connection with a high-profile museum robbery in Olympia last year, a judicial source said. In February 2012, armed thieves broke into a museum dedicated to the ancient Olympic Games and made off with nearly 80 archaeological artefacts. In November last year, police…
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Haven’t heard much about this in the week since it happened … from Tunisia Live: Tunisian authorities are on the hunt for a historic statue stolen from the Carthage Paleo-Christian Museum on Friday, November 8. “Police are conducting an investigation and they arrested members of the museum’s security personnel,” Adnane Louhichi, general director of the…
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From the Gazzetta del Sud: Police have foiled ‘tomb raiders’ looting an ancient Roman archaeological site near the capital that was previously unknown to the Italian authorities, investigators said on Wednesday. The site is located near the ruins of a temple devoted to Juno ”The Saviour” at Lanuvio, in the Castelli Romani (Castles of Rome)…
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From eNet: Among the antiquities found in the man’s possession were 616 ancient artefacts dating from the Neolithic period and over 1,200 ancient coins, mainly from the Hellenistic period, and two Roman-era medals A 53-year-old man has been arrested after police found rare objects dating from the Neolithic period in his possession. In a planned…
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Brief item from the Cyprus Mail: TWO MEN, aged 26 and 65 were arrested late Friday in connection with a case of antiquities theft. According to a police spokesman a 26-year Syrian man had three amphorae in his possession which he was planning to sell for €900. He told police he had stolen them from…
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