Castilian together with Bulgarian constabulary arrested thirteen people together with seized 30,000 artefacts, including forged coins together with ancient Greek ceramics, inwards a articulation functioning that targeted a cultural goods trafficking gang, Europol said on Monday.
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| Some of the artefacts seized during Operation Sardica [Credit: Guardia Civil] |
The cultural items, which are sold on pop auction websites, included treasures stolen from archaeological sites inwards Republic of Bulgaria every bit good every bit forged goods meant to expect similar historical discoveries.
The criminal gang had been operating mainly from Espana together with illegally excavated together with trafficked cultural goods also manufacturing forged archeological items. They ready faux user profiles on auction websites together with overbid on the items amid themselves to larn a higher price. Nine of the suspects were arrested inwards Espana together with iv inwards Bulgaria.
Police also seized mechanism the gang used to practise the faux items, such every bit wedges used to brand the forged coins.
Operation Sardica was run yesteryear the Castilian Guardia Civil together with the Bulgarian Criminal Police amongst the back upwards of Europol.
“The shine coordination together with central of information were instrumental inwards the success of this investigation,” Europol said inwards a press release. “Europol brought together the unlike involved constabulary forces to assist them connect the dots betwixt their ain national investigations together with provided analytical back upwards earlier together with during the activity day.”
Credit: OCCRP [November 07, 2018]
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