Crime and Trials
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The ancient city of Knidos, located near the resort town of Datça on the Aegean, has become the target of illegal excavations and treasure hunters. The gendarmerie station in the 2,600-year-old city is closed in the winter months, and security is provided by two watchmen. The police and gendarmerie forces caught treasure hunters near the…
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Operazione ‘Kore’, as it’s been dubbed, has recovered a number of votive figures of the goddess (among other things) in Caltanissetta. Here’s the beginning of a list of same from Corriere di Gela: La Squadra Mobile della Questura di Caltanissetta, nell’ambito di mirate indagini su un vasto traffico di reperti archeologici, iniziate su input del…
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The skinny: a Roman second style painting of a priestess which was stolen from the villa of Asellius at Pompeii (some time prior to 1997) turned up at Christie’s in New York. Here’s the incipit: Tornerà a Pompei l’affresco con la sacerdotessa, recuperato a New York, presso la casa d’aste Christie’s, dai Carabinieri del Reparto…
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They were selling the stuff on the Internet … Monete di diverse epoche e altri reperti archeologici, tutti frutto di scavi clandestini, erano messi in vendita sul web. A scoprire il traffico di reperti su internet sono stati i carabinieri del nucleo tutela patrimonio culturale di Siracusa che hanno effettuato quattro perquisizioni domiciliari, denunciando altrettante…
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From AFP: Cyprus authorities said on Monday they had uncovered the island’s largest ever antiquities smuggling ring trying to sell stolen artefacts for 11.5 million euros (S$22.8 million). Ten Cypriots have been detained in custody while authorities have issued arrest warrants against five other suspects – including a Syrian – in connection with the case,…
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