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Pompeii tomb raiders

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Italy has now made serious efforts to end pillage of its cultural sites and repatriate of stolen items.

 

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Looters have been plundering Italy’s cultural sites for decades, but since 2012 their trade has not been as fruitful, owing to an intensified crackdown by Italy’s art police, of whom there are 302 across the country.

In 2020, the squad found 24 illegal digs, arrested 68 thieves and recuperated 17,503 archaeological artefacts. The unit carries out controls of archaeological sites on the ground or above by helicopter. A scuba-diving team also patrols archaeological sites along the Italian coast.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/28/pompeii-art-police-italy-tomb-raiders-archaeology

 

 

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