Italian police said they have seized more than 500 looted archaeological treasures that a man was trying to sell on e-Bay. -- PHOTO: EBAY
ROME - ITALIAN police said they have seized more than 500 looted archaeological treasures that a man was trying to sell on e-Bay.
The Carabinieri police in Palermo, Sicily, said on Wednesday that most of the artifacts were coins and jewellery made by various civilizations that dominated the island in antiquity: Greeks, Romans, Byzantines and Arabs.
The pieces came mostly from clandestine digs and the man who tried selling them is being investigated for trafficking in antiquities.
The Carabinieri statement said e-Bay has 'fully cooperated' with authorities in tracking down the seller.
Art squad officials said traffickers are increasingly using the Internet to sell looted artifacts and experts routinely trawl websites for suspicious material. -- AP
