The trade is flourishing online, experts say, as bone collectors exploit legal loopholes to buy and sell human remains
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A modern form of “grave robbery” is flourishing online, experts say, as bone collectors exploit legal loopholes to buy and sell human remains.
In Australia, where it is illegal to buy or sell human remains (albeit with some exceptions), people sell photographs of the remains then add the bones as a “gift”.
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