FBI seizes thousands of artifacts from rural Ind. home
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WALDRON, Ind. — FBI agents Wednesday seized "thousands" of cultural artifacts, including American Indian items, from the private collection of a 91-year-old man who had acquired them over the past eight decades.
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The aim of the investigation is to determine what each artifact is, where it came from and how Miller obtained it, Jones said, to determine whether some of the items might be illegal to possess privately. Jones acknowledged that Miller might have acquired some of the items before the passage of U.S. laws or treaties prohibited their sale or purchase.
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The FBI and its partners might have a daunting task determining the origins and provenance of all of the items, Thom predicted. "It may be 30 years — or never — before they have it all cataloged."
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So the guy won't be around to see the results of this "investigation". Keep in mind, the guy has not been arrested nor charged with anything, they just came in to investigate and confiscate??? What am I missing here?
04-03-2014, 12:35 PM
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