Antiques looted in Libya by IS sold in Spain

MADRID:Two Spanish art experts suspected of running a ring that sold antiques looted from archaeological sites in Libya by groups linked to the Islamic State group have been arrested, police said Wednesday. Officers seized “numerous works of art”, including seven mosaics and a sarcophagus, during raids carried out in five locations in Barcelona and the nearby town of Argentona as part of their operation, police said in a statement. The works were stolen from archaeological sites in Libya’s eastern coastal region of Cyrenaica and northern region of Tripolitania, which are home to some of the finest Roman and Greek ruins in existence.