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Spain to confiscate treasure

Monday, February 20, 2012

From the Daily Herald: Tampa, Florida- A federal judge has ruled that the Spanish government will take control of a vast shipwreck treasure found by Florida deep sea explorers.  U.S. Magistrate Judge James Pizzo approved Spain's plan, February 17th, to take possession of the 594,000 silver coins and other artifacts salvaged from the wreck of Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes in 2007.  A U.S. district court and federal appeals courts ruled against Odyssey in its bid to keep most or all of the treasure.  Spain contended that it never surrendered ownership of the sunken galleon.

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