1.   Export licenses for archaeological artifacts are exceedingly rare.

2.   In Anyang, developers must pay for preliminary surveying and certification from the bureau that the site where they wish to build does not have archaeological artifacts.

3.   But nine paintings and some archaeological artifacts remain missing.

4.   Earlier this week, the Israeli Antiquities Authority gave its approval for construction after a salvage dig showed there were no important archaeological artifacts on the site.

5.   It was the second time this year that customs officers have nabbed smugglers of archaeological artifacts on the Finnish border, ITAR-Tass said.

6.   The case is part of a U.S. crackdown on trafficking in looted Latin American archaeological artifacts within its borders.

7.   The works, made up mostly of paintings, sculptures and archaeological artifacts from the Renaissance and Baroque period, were created largely by Croatian artists.

8.   This is in addition to the fact that the punishment for those who trade or smuggle archaeological artifacts could be as much as three years in prison.