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US returns ancient artefacts looted from Cambodia, Indonesia

US Department of Homeland Security announce the repatriation of stolen antiquities to Cambodia in 2022. New York is a major trafficking hub, and several works have been seized in recent years from museums, including the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art, and collectors [File: Andrew Kelly/Reuters]

Prosecutors in New York City have announced that they returned to Cambodia and Indonesia 30 antiquities that were looted, sold or illegally transferred by networks of American antiquities dealers and traffickers.

The antiquities were valued at a total of $3m, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement on Friday.

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