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    Ancient antiquities and Saddam Hussein-era objects returned to Iraq [Image 8 of 20]

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    An ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agent wearing blue nitrile gloves is carefully unwrapping what appears to be an ancient bronze or copper blade artifact from protective tissue/bubble wrap packaging. The item is being examined on a blue cloth-covered table alongside other artifact fragments that appear to be ceramic or stone pieces. This appears to be documentation of seized cultural property or archaeological artifacts.

    WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES

    03.16.2015

    Photo by Kelly Lowery 

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement           

    More than 60 Iraqi cultural treasures illegally smuggled into the United States were returned to the Republic of Iraq, Monday, following five separate investigations led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The objects were seized at the culmination of investigations led by HSI offices in New York; Baltimore, Md.; Austin, Texas; and New Haven, Conn. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney’s Office assisted in two of the investigations.

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    Date Taken: 03.16.2015
    Date Posted: 03.16.2015 12:12
    Photo ID: 1816416
    VIRIN: 150316-A-RR123-008
    Resolution: 6048x4032
    Size: 11.56 MB
    Location: WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US
    Web Views: 43
    Downloads: 11

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