Last week Spain’s Culture Minister admitted that Odyssey Marine’s recent find of an estimated half-billion US Dollars in sunken treasure, consisting of gold and silver coins, was likely discovered in international waters. That admission has not kept Spain from continuing to use the issue as an international political football.
Gibfocus, (http://www.gibfocus.gi/details_todaysnews.php?id=2559), a Gibralter-centric news and opinion site today, June 9, 2007, quoted a Spanish Opposition leader, Mr Bossano, at length in the referenced article. Among the many points Mr. Bossano made was that the treasure was not found in Spanish territorial waters and therefore Spain was using the Odyssey Marine situation to obfuscate other political issues concerning, Spain, Gibralter and the UK.