Sentence examples for were confiscated under from inspiring English sources

The items were confiscated under the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (Cites).

German authorities say Cornelius Gurlitt, now 80, kept hundreds of works — mostly graphics — that were confiscated under the Nazis or whose sale was coerced from desperate owners trying to raise cash or obtain exit documents out of the country.

So it comes as little surprise to read that no valuables have yet been confiscated under the jewellery bill.

Many of the original, pre-war owners bought back properties which had been confiscated under Communism or expropriated by the Nazis before the Second World War.

PROPERTY TAKEN BY QADDAFI Tens of thousands of Libyans whose property was confiscated under the Qaddafi government are hampered in attempts to reclaim it.

If Baghdad was in on the deal, the missiles could have been confiscated under United Nations sanctions on arms sales to Iraq.

A Breathalyzer test showed his blood alcohol level at 0.11, a shade above the legal limit and enough for his vehicle to be confiscated under a city policy that went into effect that very day.

In fact, the anonymous robocall suggested, if I were elected, people's houses would be confiscated under eminent domain.

Born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, her family suffered their business being confiscated under the 1917 Russian Revolution by Lenin's Bolsheviks.

+ Officials have returned Iranian artist Parviz Tanavoli's passport after it was confiscated under foggy circumstances earlier this month.

The Judge went further and found that the use of a drugs dog could undermine the licensing objectives in a number of unintended ways, including causing drugs to remain in circulation that would otherwise have been confiscated under Fabric's thorough search procedures.