Pipe Sarmiento with the Odyssey Explorer in background
http://www.surinenglish.com/noticias.php?Noticia=10681
In a new twist to an already bizarre story maritime law expert, journalist, and writer "Pipe" Sarmiento claims to have proof that the $500Mil Black Swan could not have been recovered near England, as Odyssey Marine has stated. Mr. Sarmiento, using AISlive over a period of three years, claims the treasure was taken from a spot somewhere between Estepona, Gibraltar and Sotogrande. He also claims that the ships of Odyssey Marine were never in the Atlantic during this time. If true, then the recent $500Mil treasure discovery could not have come from the Merchant Royal, as many believe.
Established in 2004, AISLive http://www.aislive.com/ now covers over 1,200 places worldwide and is a method of tracking and recording vessels in real time.
Here is a link, translated from German, to an interview The Standard had with Mr. Sarmiento:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://derstandard.at/druck/%3Fid%3D2890802&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=3&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DLorenzo%2B%25E2%2580%259CPipe%25E2%2580%259D%2BSarmiento%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B3GGGL_enUS176US222
Another interesting story from elpais.com
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Odyssey/rastreo/mar/pecios/espanoles/elpepucul/20070601elpepicul_1/Tes&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Odyssey/rastreo/mar/pecios/espanoles/elpepucul/20070601elpepicul_1/Tes%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B3GGGL_enUS176US222