Over the last two years or so, there were dozens and dozens of articles in the papers about looting, mostly from places in Britain, with a few people going to jail. Looting seems much worse in Iraq and places like that, but it's certainly extremely undesirable for it to increase in Britain, too.
Some developments concerning metal detectoring:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/04/definition-of-treasure-trove-to-be-recast-to-protect-uks-rare-artefacts
Over the last two years or so, there were dozens and dozens of articles in the papers about looting, mostly from places in Britain, with a few people going to jail. Looting seems much worse in Iraq and places like that, but it's certainly extremely undesirable for it to increase in Britain, too.