[meteorite-list] Meteorite shipment stopped in Argentine Customs. Probably Campos

From: Count Deiro <countdeiro_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:35:20 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
Message-ID: <29302036.1330101320927.JavaMail.root_at_elwamui-little.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Listees,

Anybody want to guess who set this shipment up? We are talking large money here! I expected to see a post by one of our resident inquisitors outing the dealer involved. Is the name too big?? Illegal activity on this scale doesn't do any of us any good.

Count Deiro
IMCA 3536


-----Original Message-----
>From: eduardo jawerbaum <info at mineralesyfosiles.com.ar>
>Sent: Feb 24, 2012 7:27 AM
>To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite shipment stopped in Argentine Customs. Probably Campos
>
>A shipment of 328 meteorites with a weight almost 2.4tons was stopped
>at Argentine Customs.
>It was declared as "ornamental material", but is is quite obvious that
>they are Campo del Cielo specimens.
>Here is one of the multiple newspapers that covered that notice:
>http://www.lavoz.com.ar/noticias/politica/afip-impidio-exportacion-ilegal-328-piezas-meteoritos
>Eduardo
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Received on Fri 24 Feb 2012 11:35:20 AM PST