Nighthawks cause damage at scheduled monument
(United Kingdom)
Northumberland Gazette, 6th Oct 2017.
Holes 50m to the south of the Corbridge site and stuff has been stolen
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Crime & Theft
Supreme Court To Decide If US Terrorism Victims Can Have Antiquities From Iran Seized As Compensation
The plaintiffs were injured in a 1997 attack by Hamas in Jerusalem and received a federal court ruling that the government of Iran, as a funder of Hamas, was liable for their injuries. In 2003, plaintiffs won a $71 million default judgment against Iran (which refused to participate in the case), and they tried to […]
Judge Orders Another Exam For Mobster Gentile, Who Remains Silent On Notorious Gardner Heist
The man is old and infirm, “confused and belligerent”
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No CBI Probe into Melukote Temple Theft
“The Karnataka High Court has refused to order the handing over of the investigation into the theft of ornaments in the Cheluvarayaswamy Temple in Melukote to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)”
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NBI: Nine face possible charges in major art forgery case
One of the biggest suspected art fake crime rings in Finland’s history.
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Sarcophagus of Hercules set in place
Back from Switzerland where it was smuggled and now going on public display.
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9/11 Memorial Art Stolen After Truthers Threaten Display, Police Say
Stay classy, truthers. Urgh.
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National Gallery wins legal battle over Henri Matisse’s Portrait of Greta Moll
The museum and Britain were shielded by sovereign immunity and that the grandchildren had waited too long to bring the case.
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The mysterious disappearances of the world’s greatest treasures
Collection of usual art crime suspects.
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Six Men Charged with Illegal Diving for Antiquities in Mani
Accused of looting a Roman shipwreck at Limeni.
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