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Heist hit list of notorious ‘Hammer Gang’ over past two weeks

The notorious “hammer gang” has struck six jewellery stores in KwaZulu-Natal in two weeks. At least five gang members‚ one armed with a pistol and four others‚ break into the store with hammers grabbing whatever they can before making their escape in a getaway car.

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Gang of robbers on the run after ‘traumatic’ Melbourne jewellery store smash-and-raid

Police continue to search for five men responsible for yesterday’s violent daylight robbery of a Toorak Village jewellery store. (Video)

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€37 Million worth of cannabis seized in Dublin

As part of ongoing joint investigations targeting Organised Crime Groups operating in this jurisdiction, a joint intelligence led Operation was conducted by Revenue’s Customs Service and the Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau supported by officers from the Dublin Metropolitan Region.

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CCTV released after £50,000 London jewellery store raid

Police have released CCTV images of two men they want to talk to in regards to a £50,000 robbery at a jewellers in Barking, London.
The CCTV images were taken on 17 December 2016, ten days prior to the actual robbery on 27 December when police were called at around 6:40pm to a robbery at Turquoise Jewellers on London Road…..

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Female Armed Robber Gets 10 Years in Prison

Panama City, Fla.–The woman who entered jewelry stores alone and tied up employees at gunpoint before emptying the showcases will spend the next decade behind bars.
In Florida federal court on Friday, Abigail Lee Kemp, 25, of Smyrna, Georgia, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy, interfering with commerce by robbery and using a firearm during commission of a crime, the U.S Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida said via a news release….

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Movie-like robbery: Romanian steals EUR 5.2 mln worth of diamonds from Swiss jeweler

A Romanian who allegedly stole EUR 5.2 million worth of diamonds and jewelry from a store in France was arrested last Friday by the Romanian police.

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Robbery of security van in Leicester

POLICE officers are appealing for information after a robbery in Elland Road, Leicester. It happened shortly after 5pm on Thursday, January 12, when the driver of a G4S security van was approached by a group of suspects who took sealed packages.

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Lithuanian serial robber who exploited open borders to fly into Britain to take part in a raid on the Queen’s jewellers is jailed for 12 years

A Lithuanian who flew into Britain to carry out an armed robbery has been jailed after traces of his blood were matched to crime scenes across Europe.Rimantas Borisovas, 32, led a gang that 

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EU-wide fuel oil and precious metals VAT fraud and money laundering network dismantled

On 14 December 2016 judicial authorities and law enforcement from Spain dismantled a criminal organization whose modus operandi involved defrauding states on the VAT from oil and precious metals via a sophisticated carousel fraud scheme, and the money laundering of these gains through, various corporate structures, resulting in the loss of more than EUR 25 million in the hydrocarbon sector since 2015.

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Getaway car used in ‘African Apex gang’ jewellery store robbery is found

Police have found the getaway car used in a violent daylight jewellery store robbery and released images of one of the suspects.

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