[meteorite-list] Sikhote' s seized

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Sep 9 11:31:30 2005
Message-ID: <t2d63ucnja3c3u2ge9mqitn14f34oq5if4_at_4ax.com>

On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:57:55 +0200, "Martin Altmann" <Altmann_at_Meteorite-Martin.de> wrote:

>Where is the problem?
>Marcin, since when it's illegal to import meteorites to Poland?
>They should pay the taxes at customs and that's it.

In the book Meteorite Hunter it seemed that collecting Sikhote-Alin for exporting and selling was
strictly a black-market thing, officially disallowed by the Russian government (see page 80 if you
have a copy). Has that situation changed since then? If so, maybe that is the issue.
Received on Fri 09 Sep 2005 11:31:29 AM PDT


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