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ボストン・ヘラルド紙の従軍記者が宮殿から絵画を持ち帰り、税関で見つかった。価値がそれほどではないために（$15,000 以下）罰則はないらしい。この記者によると、従軍記者はみんなやってるとか。
でも価値が$15,000以上でなければ罰則がないなんて、盗みとしては扱われていないということですよね？
どうみても略奪行為にしか見えませんが。
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http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/113/nation/Reporter_s_souvenirs_seized+.shtml
Reporter's souvenirs seized
By Globe Staff, 4/23/2003
S Customs officials confiscated a large painting that a Boston Herald reporter, Jules Crittenden, brought back as a souvenir from the war in Iraq, but the artwork is not valuable enough to merit prosecution, a law enforcement official said yesterday.
Crittenden, who was embedded with the US Army's Third Infantry Division to cover the war, arrived from Kuwait on Saturday at Logan International Airport. He declared several souvenirs to Customs officials, and was searched, according to a statement released by the newspaper.
Of interest to Customs agents was a 5-foot painting that was rolled up in a tube, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Ornamental kitchen items were also confiscated. Crittenden told the agents he got the painting from a building on the grounds of one of Saddam Hussein's presidential palaces.
The painting was examined by authenticators, but the value was deemed to be under the $15,000 level that would merit prosecution under Customs laws, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The souvenirs will not be returned to Crittenden, and eventually will be transferred back to Iraq, officials said.
''He didn't think it was a big deal,'' the official said of Crittenden. ''He said all the embedded reporters were doing it.''
The Herald released a statement saying that many reporters who traveled with military units in Iraq are being searched when they return home.
Crittenden declined to comment. Herald editors did not return calls seeking comment on whether Crittenden would face discipline.
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