Two hundred and seventy-six years later, the sinking of the
Prince de Conty
continues to cause a stir.
During a press conference organized on Wednesday by the public prosecutor of Brest Camille Miansoni, five Chinese gold bars from the looting of this Breton wreck were officially handed over to the French State through the research department. subaquatic and underwater archeology, manager on behalf of the State in this type of business.
The latter had precisely alerted the American authorities to this subject in 2018, after the publication of an auction catalog in California.
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"Following an investigation by the Central Office for the Fight against Trafficking in Cultural Property (OCBC), the Maritime Gendarmerie and the GIR 35, on May 18, three people were indicted on charges of receiving cultural property from theft committed by an organized gang, money laundering by an organized gang, association of criminals and export...
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