Thursday, May 2, 2024

Strasbourg court rules Italy has the right to seize ancient statue from U.S. museum


The European Court of Human Rights says Italy can seize an ancient Greek statue that's currently in a major museum in the U.S.

The J. Paul Getty Museum in California bought the statue in the 1970s after it was pulled out of the sea by a group of Italian fishermen.

Giles Gibson has more from Rome.

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