(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) More than 2,000 stolen historical artefacts were
recovered in an 'unprecedented' nationwide operation on Wednesday,
dpa cited Italy's monuments police as saying.
Officers from the national heritage squads of the Carabinieri police
found ancient vases, coins, fragments of ancient buildings and
equipment for clandestine archeological excavations in 142 locations
up and down the country.
'It is an unprecedented operation, considering the number of targets
and forces deployed,' the Carabinieri said, claiming to have
uncovered a criminal group that specialized in looting and smuggling
art from across southern Italy.
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