1.   Arabs recall that the Crusaders controlled trade routes and looted treasures, but cloaked their acts in a noble calling, religion.

2.   The end of the Cold War has prompted former Soviet bloc countries to reclaim their own looted cultural treasures.

3.   Roxas had believed the looted treasure was buried by Japanese troops under Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita during their occupation of the Philippines.

4.   The group was looking for gold bars and other looted treasure reportedly buried by Japanese occupation troops around Zamboanga near the end of World War II, police said.