ICE Returns Ancient Artifacts to Egypt at National Geographic Society

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES

04.21.2015

Courtesy Video

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement           

note: Video from 0:15 to 1:17 is courtesy of the National Geographic Society.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repatriated dozens of illegally smuggled ancient artifacts to the government of Egypt, including a Greco-Roman style Egyptian sarcophagus, at a ceremony Wednesday at the National Geographic Society in Washington. The return of these ancient artifacts was made possible by “Operation Mummy’s Curse,” an ongoing five-year investigation by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) targeting an international criminal network that illegally smuggled and imported more than 7,000 cultural items from around the world.

• Date Taken: 04.21.2015
• Date Posted: 04.22.2015 14:12
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 400205
• VIRIN: 140422-A-MJ123-010
• Filename: DOD_102384881
• Length: 00:03:42
• Location: WASHINGTON, US