Item from collection of David Green, billionaire owner of the Hobby Lobby, plundered in Iraq and traded illegally by dealers in Israel and the United Arab Emirates
Flamboyant ex-MP Alaa Hassanein suspected of leading group that stole tablets, statues, Classical-era coins, black basalt plates; allegations carry life sentence
Israel Antiquities Authority says 'spectacular and rare' artifacts seized from smuggling network were stolen from graves in Mediterranean Basin, Africa, and South America
Tunis seeing increased trafficking of artifacts, also from war-torn neighboring Libya, including rare 500-year-old Torah scrolls; officials call to set up Jewish history museum
33 statues valued at NIS 2 million (almost $600,000) carried off from Kibbutz HaZore'a; members think one of their own may have played a part, TV report says
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