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Seized jewelry up for auction in N.C.

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The North Carolina Department of Revenue said it is preparing to auction off seized items including a golden pit bull and a jewel-encrusted gorilla.

Seized tanker anchors off Somalia

Pirates have anchored a hijacked Saudi oil tanker off the Somali coast, as the spate of hijackings gathered pace with two more ships seized on Tuesday.

DVDs seized from Valletta open market

A total of 600 fake DVDs were seized in a raid by the Economic Crime police on the open market in Valletta this morning.

Painting, seized by Nazis, given to chairty

PARIS - The Henri Matisse painting Le Mur Rose, once seized by Nazis, now belongs to a charity that supports Israeli ambulances.

France Turns Over Matisse Painting Seized by Nazis

The Henri Matisse painting "Le Mur Rose" was once seized by Nazis. As of Thursday, it belongs to a charity that supports Israeli ambulances.

Security Pacific Bank Is Seized

The Security Pacific Bank of Los Angeles was closed Friday by regulators, the 19th bank in the nation seized this year.

France hands over to charity Matisse painting seized by Nazis

PARIS - The Henri Matisse painting "Le Mur Rose," once seized by Nazis, now belongs to a charity that supports Israeli ambulances.

Los Angeles-based Security Pacific Bank seized by FDIC

SAN FRANCISCO (Menafn - MarketWatch) -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and state regulators seized Los Angeles-based Security Pacific Bank late Friday -- one of two banks to fail that day and the 19th to fail so far this year.

Pirated DVDs worth R1,2m seized

A JOINT operation between customs, police and the Eastern Cape Film and Publication Board saw more than R1,2-million worth of illegal DVDs seized from a Govan Mbeki shop yesterday afternoon.

One million pirated DVDs and CDs seized

Police have located up to one million illegal Asian movies and music discs in south western Sydney - the largest ever collection of pirate music and Asian movies seized in Australia.

900 Oven-Ready Owls, 7,000 Live Lizards Seized in Asia

More than 7,000 live monitor lizards, almost 900 owls—plucked and plastic wrapped for easy cooking—and other wild animals were seized in two raids in a single week by Malaysian officials earlier this month.

Smuggled ivory sculptures to be displayed

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2008 shows part of smuggled ivory sculptures seized by the customs of Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. A total of 306 pieces of smuggled articles seized by Hangzhou customs were transferred to Zhejiang Museum of Natural History on Wednesday. The precious articles will be shown to the public in the museum after some protecting treatments. (Xinhua Photo)

Smuggled ivory sculptures to on display in E China

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2008 shows part of smuggled ivory sculptures seized by the customs of Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. A total of 306 pieces of smuggled articles seized by Hangzhou customs were transferred to Zhejiang Museum of Natural History on Wednesday. The precious articles will be shown to the public in the museum after some protecting treatments. (Xinhua Photo)

Animals seized at airport

Warsaw - Polish border guards said on Wednesday they had foiled an attempt to smuggle kangaroos, miniature ponies and 11 pheasants in a passenger bus across Poland's border with Ukraine.

France Gives Painting Seized by Nazis to Charity

Nov. 27: Henri Matisse's "Le Mur Rose," or "The Pink Wall," is seen at the Culture Ministry in Paris.

Mobile phone gun seized during raid:

It's the kind of unlikely spy contraption you'd expect to see on Get Smart: a mobile phone that doubles as a pistol.

Blasts, gunshots, flames at seized hotels

MUMBAI, India (CNN) -- Indian security forces appear to be gaining control of two Mumbai five-star hotels attacked by terrorists in a wave of violence that has lasted more than 24 hours.

Franklin Bank SSB fails, seized by U.S. authorities

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bank regulators closed Franklin Bank SSB, a Houston-based community bank, on Friday, making it the third-largest and 18th U.S. bank failure this year as slumping home prices and the worsening economic crisis take an increasing toll.

30,000 pirated DVDs seized

Three men have been detained in connection with the seizure of about 30,000 pirated DVDs worth more than RM120,000 during a raid in Batu Ferringhi here today.

'Animal sex' photos seized at art fair

Police have removed photos by the Russian artist Oleg Kulik from France's main contemporary art fair on the grounds they were zoophiliac, organisers and officials say.

"Dangerous" fake game consoles seized

LONDON (Reuters) - Customs officials issued a pre-Christmas warning on Friday after seizing fake Nintendo games consoles with potentially dangerous power adaptors.

France turns over Matisse painting seized by Nazis

People take photographs of Henri Matisse's 'Le Mur Rose,' or 'The Pink Wall,' at the Culture Ministry, in Paris, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. The oil painting, which was stolen from a rich German Jewish family sometime after 1937 and kept by a Nazi officer responsible for delivering poison gas to Auschwitz, was given Thursday to a British charity that supports medical rescue in Israel.

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