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Reports on the British Museum in London, England's negotiation with the Internet auction company, eBay in an effort to control the illegal sale of archaeological finds. Types of archaeological items sold over Internet auction companies; Requirement for archaeological items unearthed in England or Wales after September 1997 to be registered and viewed by experts; Germany's law making it illegal for any individual not working on an authorized site to dig up artifacts.

Reports that a prosecutor in Colorado in May 2001 declined to use the 1979 Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) to indict a couple alleged to have removed Native American skeletal remains. Comments from archaeologist Mark Varien on the failure to prosecute; Assessment of the role of ARPA statute; Case of Ian Lynch, who has been charged under ARPA for removing a skull from Heceta Island, Alaska.