As a neutral country during World War II, Portugal played host to spies, deposed royalty, blackmarketers and many others who came to stay at the hotel and play in the casino on the Estoril Coast outside Lisbon.
"Fossils and ancient skeletal remains are part of the fabric of a country's natural history and cultural heritage, and blackmarketers like Prokopi who illegally export and sell these wonders, steal a slice of that history, " he said.