佛州男子走私文物被美国没收：公元前三千年楔形文字泥板、中国卷轴画在列 另没收7.5万美元
Pensacola — 佛罗里达州 Miramar Beach 居民 Matthew Weinberg 走私的多件古代文物被美国政府没收，其中最早的物件可追溯至约公元前3000年。佛州北区联邦检察官 John P. Heekin 宣布了这批文物的查扣与没收结果，被没收文物将归还原属国。
法庭文件显示，2025年7月，国土安全调查局（HSI）接到海关与边境保护局（CBP）Pensacola 办公室通报：一批从阿拉伯联合酋长国运往 Pensacola 国际机场、收货人为 Weinberg 的货物被扣留。货物清单申报的是两件陶器、总价值不足200美元；经鉴定，实物是两块公元前3000年至前2000年、出自今伊拉克地区的楔形文字泥板，合计价值逾15,000美元。执法人员随后查明，Weinberg 还以同样大幅低报价值的方式，违法取得来自伊朗、埃及与塞浦路斯的货物，其中包括青铜像、陶制建筑模型与陶俑。
2026年3月，联邦探员持搜查与扣押令搜查 Weinberg 在 Miramar Beach 的住所，查获的物品包括古代希伯来《妥拉》卷轴、源自中国的卷轴画作，以及公元前712年至前525年的埃及文物。Heekin 表示，这些不当取得的外国文物已被追回，将归还其合法所有者，并感谢检方律师与联邦执法伙伴对违反反走私法律行为的调查。
由于美国与伊拉克、埃及、塞浦路斯等国之间有文物进口限制协议，Weinberg 本就被禁止持有这些文物。除文物全部没收归美国以便归还原属国外，他另没收75,000美元，作为违反联邦反走私法律的违法所得，并被禁止在两年内买卖任何外国文物与古董。此案由国土安全调查局与海关与边境保护局在 Pensacola 调查，助理联邦检察官 Winifred L. Acosta 与 David L. Goldberg 承办。
（来源：美国司法部）
Florida Man Forfeits Smuggled Antiquities: Cuneiform Tablets From 3000 BC and Chinese Scroll Artwork Among Items Seized, $75,000 Also Forfeited
PENSACOLA, Florida — Matthew Weinberg of Miramar Beach, Florida, has forfeited to the United States multiple antiquities dating as far back as circa 3000 BC, U.S. Attorney John P. Heekin for the Northern District of Florida announced. The recovered artifacts will be repatriated to their countries of origin.
Court documents show that in July 2025, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) was notified by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in Pensacola about a shipment inbound to Pensacola International Airport from the United Arab Emirates, destined for Weinberg. The manifest claimed the shipment contained two terracotta objects valued at less than $200; on appraisal, it held two cuneiform tablets dating to 3000-2000 BC from modern-day Iraq, valued at more than $15,000 in total. Investigators then determined that Weinberg had also unlawfully obtained shipments from Iran, Egypt and Cyprus, likewise significantly undervalued on their manifests, including bronze figures, ceramic architectural models and terracotta idols.
In March 2026, federal agents executed a search and seizure warrant at Weinberg's Miramar Beach residence, seizing ancient Hebrew Torah scrolls, scroll artwork originating from China, and items from circa 712-525 BC Egypt, among other things. Heekin said the improperly obtained foreign antiquities have been recovered and will be repatriated to their rightful owners, thanking prosecutors and federal law enforcement partners for investigating the violations of federal anti-smuggling statutes.
Because of import restrictions agreed between the United States and Iraq, Egypt, Cyprus and other countries, Weinberg was prohibited from possessing the artifacts. In addition to forfeiting the artifacts, he forfeited $75,000 in U.S. currency as proceeds of violations of federal anti-smuggling statutes, and will be barred for two years from selling or purchasing any foreign antiquities or artifacts. The case was investigated by HSI and CBP in Pensacola and handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Winifred L. Acosta and David L. Goldberg.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：楔形文字泥板资料图（公共领域，Wikimedia Commons；非本案查获物）
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