Two batches of Ukrainian artifacts recovered after attempted trafficking to Spain and the U.S.

On October 23, 2023, the National Police of Spain and the Security Service of Ukraine announced that officers had seized gold artifacts belonging to Ukraine, worth more than €60 million ($64 million), in Madrid. Three Spaniards and two Ukrainians, accused of illegally trafficking these objects out of Ukraine in May 2016, have been arrested for money laundering. The 11 pieces were displayed in Kyiv museums in 2009-2013 as millennia-old artifacts from ancient Greco-Scythian culture, although recently some experts have suggested that the pieces are fakes.