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Gold replica of lunar module stolen from US museum

A solid gold replica of the 1969 Lunar Excursion Module that landed on the moon has been stolen from a museum in the US state of Ohio, police said…

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CCTV captures botched burglary attempt on Ashbourne jewellery shop

Police are appealing for witnesses after a would-be thief was captured on security cameras trying to smash his way into a town centre jewellery store. The incident took place at around 2am on Wednesday and the video clearly shows a hooded man looking in the window of CW Sellors in Victoria Square, carrying a bag and a claw hammer, then returning seconds later to start smashing away at the window.

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Burglary gang steal £600,000 worth of items from West Sussex homes

A burglary gang which targeted homes across the south, including properties in Horsham and Selsey, has been jailed. Five people have been sentenced to a total of almost 28 years following several burglaries which saw around £600,000 worth of items stolen from homes across Surrey and West Sussex.

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5 arrested in fatal robbery of traveling jewelry salesman, other heists

Five people have been arrested in connection with the fatal robbery of a traveling jewelry salesman last year, as well as a series of other robberies in North Texas. Johnnattan Ramirez, 35; Pedro Louis Alvarez, 32; Robert Riveros, 25; Eslevy Vargas-Avila, 27; and Catherine Contreras-Beltran, 28, are members of a South American theft ring that has « targeted members of the jewelry industry across this nation for a number of years, » U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas said in a written statement.

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Guard shot in jewelry store robbery

Shopping on High Street, San Fernando, came to a standstill yesterday morning as bandits shot a security guard who attempted to stop them from carrying out a daring daylight heist at a jewelry store.

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Dubai Customs foils bid to smuggle diamonds, watches worth $820k

82 items were concealed under the passenger’s clothing, strapped around his body….

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Cospicua parish church gets security alarms Thieves stole €30,000 in valuables over the weekend

Security alarms were being fitted at the Cospicua parish church yesterday after thieves broke in and stole about €30,000 in gold and other valuables over the weekend. Parish priest Anton Cassar told the Times of Malta he could hardly believe the theft had happened at the place of worship.

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The case of the missing Cartier: Diamond ring worth £750,000 vanishes from the British Museum

Diamond ring given to the museum by a donor who asked to remain anonymous
It went missing in 2011 but it has only now been registered as lost in accounts
Cartier is world’s finest jewellery house and was a favourite of Princess Diana
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Free movement of organised crime in Europe

Many might think of the mafia and its famous crime syndicates – ‘Ndrangheta, Camorra, and Cosa Nostra – as a purely Italian problem. But mounting evidence shows that organised crime is more than capable of spreading across the EU.
In the EU’s 28 member states, there are around 5,000 organised crime groups under investigation, as stated in a 2017 Europol report. ….

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Free movement of organised crime in Europe

Many might think of the mafia and its famous crime syndicates – ‘Ndrangheta, Camorra, and Cosa Nostra – as a purely Italian problem. But mounting evidence shows that organised crime is more than capable of spreading across the EU. In the EU’s 28 member states, there are around 5,000 organised crime groups under investigation, as stated in a 2017 Europol report…..

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