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Hatton Garden heist site ‘could become a museum’

The site of the Hatton Garden jewellery raid earlier this year could become a museum commemorating the heist, according to the new owner of the vaults……

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Security guard at Oxford Street jewellers takes on armed robbers single-handedly

CCTV footage shows the guard leap out from behind a cabinet to apprehend the armed robber before he is threatened with a gun

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Gang steals $20,000 in gems from car in smash-and-grab at lights

A DARING armed gang stole $20,000 of gems after smashing the windows of a car stopped at traffic lights and stealing a backpack containing the valuable jewellery.

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Hatton Garden heist ringleader ‘was also involved in Brinks Mat robbery’

Two ringleaders of the Hatton Garden jewellery heist were involved in two of the biggest raids in British criminal history more than 30 years ago, a court has heard.

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VIDEO: Have-a-go-heroes tackle jewellery robber in Leeds

Armed robbers who targets a Leeds jewellers in a million pounds raid were tracked down after ‘have-a-go-heroes’ intervened and detained one of the gang.
The Estonian gang, who flew into the country just days before the raid, stole more than 150 watches worth more than £935,000 when they struck at Berry’s jewellers in Albion Street on 24 March earlier this year…..

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Estonian jewelery robbers sentenced to combined 51 years in prison in UK

The Estonian gang that targeted jewelers in Leeds in a million pound raid were stopped after one of the members was captured by passers-by, the West Yorkshire Police reported.
The gang, made up of Alar Kajurand, 44, Rainis Kilk, 26, and Taimar Uibopuu, 30, managed to steal 150 exclusive watches worth a combined 935,000 pounds (over 1.3 million euros) in a raid to a Leeds jewelery shop on March 24……

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Watches of Switzerland hit by Black Friday smash-and-grab

Some £80,000 worth of watches have been stolen in a smash-and-grab raid at the Watches of Switzerland store in London’s Knightsbridge.
The incident, which took place at 9:30am on Friday, 27 November, saw two raiders riding one motorcycle break into the luxury watch store on Brompton Road, smashing the front door to gain entry…..

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Crimes of Sexual Violence

The Tribunal has played a historic role in the prosecution of wartime sexual violence in the former Yugoslavia and has paved the way for a more robust adjudication of such crimes worldwide.

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Works of art stolen in Verona, Italy

On 19 November 2015, 17 masterpieces worth some EUR 20 million were stolen at the Castelvecchio Civic Museum in Verona, Italy.

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Security policies limit ‘insider threat’ at airports, TSA says

The Transportation Security Administration says airport and airline workers pose an “insider threat” to planes flying domestically, but physically screening the workers every time they go into secure areas would be too costly and wouldn’t erase the threat.

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