§ 1660
Receipt of pirate property
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
Whoever, without lawful authority, receives or takes into custody any vessel, goods, or other property, feloniously taken by any robber or pirate against the laws of the United States, knowing the same to have been feloniously taken, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years.
History: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 775 (PDF, 39 MB).)
Simplified explanation
It is a federal crime to receive or hold a ship, goods, or other property taken by pirates or robbers, without legal authority, knowing it was stolen.