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SPAIN SERIOUS ABOUT STOPPING SMUGGLING

Spain means business. When hundreds of Roman coins along with related artifacts were excavated by late-night entrepreneurs in the province of Cáceres the Spanish Ministry of the Interior didn’t hesitate to arrest six people.

Spanish authorities have been busy. According to an April 5 Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project bulletin, “Spanish authorities recovered 191 trafficked archaeological pieces that were offered for sale on social media

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