5.01.2013

Huffington Post Popular News: Macedonian Antiquities Looting: Police Conduct Country-Wide Raid, Arrest 17 People

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Macedonian police say they have carried out raids across the country and arrested 17 people, including two state museum employees, for alleged involvement in an antiquities looting gang.


A police statement Wednesday said officers confiscated valuable artifacts dating to as early as the 4th century B.C., including pottery, a clay female figurine and 121 coins – one with the portrait of Alexander the Great.




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