‘Pirates’ (Two Hungarian men and one American woman) were arrested this weekend for salvaging buried treasure off the South coast of Spain. Whereas in many countries it is legitimate to retrieve buried treasure from the sea floor, in Spain, where an estimated 1.5 billion dollars worth of loot lies amongst the sunken galleons, it is an arrestable offense.
But piracy? Well, according to the Guardian, apart from a few 17th century canon balls and Roman anchors, they did have five M-16s and a shotgun on board…
p.s. I picked this story up on a very interesting new news site called Newsvine. It’s still in private beta phase, but if anyone wants an invite, just e-mail me.
Notes from Spain by Ben Curtis 