US to forfeit smuggled Syrian mosaic

Updated May 26 2018 - 10:42am, first published 10:37am
The US government wants to forfeit an ancient mosaic believed to be looted from war-torn Syria.
The US government wants to forfeit an ancient mosaic believed to be looted from war-torn Syria.

The US government has filed an asset forfeiture complaint involving an ancient mosaic believed to have been looted from war-torn Syria and illegally imported into the United States, where authorities say it was seized from a California man.

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