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Four divers charged with raiding ancient shipwreck
Smithsgold - 10/27/2014 12:14 PM
Category: General
Replies: 2

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Four divers charged with raiding ancient shipwreck

A southern Finland district prosecutor has pressed charges against four men for allegedly stealing from a shipwreck protected by antiquities law. The suspected wreck raid took place in 2011.
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Btrax - 10/29/2014 6:02 AM
According to antiquities law all shipwrecks are considered the property of the state if their owners are not known and if they have been lying under water for more than a century. I often wonder how they will identify wrecks if no one brings anything up? in time all will be lost, and no one will remember they were there.