Authorities Arrest 23 People in Italy Believed to Have Stolen Precious Italian Artifacts

In October 2018, construction workers at the Tempio di Apollo Aleo, an archeological site in Italy’s coastal town of Cirò Marina, made a suspicious discovery: there was a gaping opening in the chain-link fence surrounding the dig. Inside, hastily dug holes pockmarked the grounds. As it turned out, a crime had taken place.After authorities got in contact, they made the less-than-surprising discovery that artifacts had been looted. According to a report in the German publication S&uum