Yahoo! News - 02/17/12 - John Hadoulis
“Armed robbery at ancient Olympia, Minister quits”
Greek Culture Minister Pavlos Geroulanos resigned on Friday after masked armed robbers stole more than 60 objects of "incalculable" value, including a gold ring, from a museum in ancient Olympia.
Sixty-eight objects were whisked from a museum dedicated to the ancient Olympic Games after two masked men immobilised the museum's sole female guard as she arrived for her early morning shift, officials said.
The police said "bronze and clay objects and a gold ring" had been removed from display cases at the museum, which is built on a forested hilltop on the outskirts of the small town of Olympia.
"There were two of them, and they had a gun," Olympia Mayor Thymios Kotzias told Flash Radio.
Kotzias said no security staff are actually present between 6:00 am and 7:00 am, when the neoclassic late 19th century building is guarded by an electronic alarm.
This is the second major theft to embarrass Greek culture officials in a month.
The government is currently in negotiation with the EU, IMF and the European Central Bank for a new 130-billion-euro ($170-billion) bailout in addition to a 100-billion-euro debt writedown from private creditors.
Common Sense Review
Wow! Does this sound fishy? During the Greek govt’s financial struggle to balance their budget by begging the European Central Bank for a bailout, the Greek artifacts are stolen from a museum.
When a person gets themselves into a financial difficulty what is one of the things they do? Sell their belongings. So is the Greek govt selling artifacts to private collector under the guise of theft?
My theory is not too farfetched…
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