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Coin Collecting NewsSpain seizes U.S. treasure boat near Gibraltar
GIBRALTAR (Reuters) – Spanish police forcefully boarded a boat operated by a U.S. treasure hunting company on Thursday after it left the British possession of Gibraltar, a witness aboard the boat said.
Spain says the company, Odyssey Marine Exploration, has treasure that Madrid believes could have been retrieved from Spanish waters or from a Spanish galleon which sank in the Atlantic during the colonial period.
The Ocean Alert sailed from Gibraltar, on Spain’s southern tip, on Thursday morning and was shadowed by a Spanish Guardia Civil patrol boat for five km (three miles) before it left Gibraltar waters and was forcefully boarded by four officers.
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SpaceRat | Jan 25, 2008 | Reply
Looks like Spanish Pirates still thrive in international waters.
1marine | Dec 25, 2009 | Reply
Being honest today gets you a lawsuit ….should have melted it down and sold it on the black market …should be finders keepers…if Spain wanted it , go find it like these guys did !