Iraq court jails Briton for trying to smuggle ancient shards
By DW
06 June 2022 |
3:25 pm
A 66-year-old British man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to smuggle ancient artifacts out of Iraq. A German arrested alongside him was acquitted.
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