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Jewellery robbers threaten bystanders with machete and crowbar in brazen High Street raid as they empty shop with no police in sight (Video)

A brazen gang of robbers broke into a High Street jewellers in front of shocked pub goers and passersby. The thieves, armed with a machete and a crowbar, broke into Georgian Gems jewellers in the pretty Dorset seaside town of Swanage on Saturday night.

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French jeweller held in Germany in international gold trafficking investigation

….The French jeweller would then travel to Frankfurt, Germany, where he would sell the melted jewels with the help of an accomplice who managed a shop selling gold. ….

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Londoners take justice into their own hands by tackling a fleeing ram-raider and pummeling him on the street to foil jewellery robbery… before police arrive

Bystanders were forced to take justice into their own hands on Friday when three suspected ram-raiders ‘smashed a car through a shop window and raided a jewellers’ in West London.The clip, posted to Twitter, captures scenes in Shepherd’s Bush after a black Range Rover crashed through the window of the e-Smart Money foreign exchange on Uxbridge Road. …

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SIM Card Swapping Scams | NBC 6

Scammers have now found a way to scam people just by switching their smartphone’s SIM card. It’s how one man lost $1 Million. The NBC 6 Responds team tells you how you can avoid falling victim.

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Crime Stoppers: Surveillance video released in motel robbery

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – On Friday, Lincoln Police released new surveillance video from a motel robbery on September 9. During the robbery, thousands of dollars in cash, computers, and jewelry were stolen as the motel’s owner was held against her will.
The surveillance video shows a man and a women enter the main office of the Oak Park Motel, near 11th and Cornhusker, and asked the owner to see a room. The man and woman told the owner they were interested in booking a block of rooms at the motel. ….

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Jailed: Romanian gang who collected ‘Aladdin’s cave’ of stolen goods from hundreds of homes

Five members of a Romanian burglary gang who stole gold, cash and high-end watches from dozens of wealthy homes received lengthy jail terms yesterday.Catalin Zaharia, Constantin Stoian, Marian Molocia, Daniel Stoean and Florina Spiru – Zaharia’s wife – were directed by crime bosses in their homeland to steal from more than 70 homes in the West Midlands….

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LARGEST ORGANISED CRIME GROUP IN EASTERN SPAIN’ BROUGHT DOWN AS 81 ARRESTED, 4 TONNES OF COCAINE SEIZED AND 800 BANK ACCOUNTS FROZEN

THE ‘largest organised crime group in eastern Spain’ has been brought down following a seven-nation investigation that saw 81 arrests, the seizure of 4,000kg of cocaine and 800 bank accounts frozen. ‘Operation Beautiful’, coordinated by Spain but involving law enforcement authorities from Colombia, France, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom, and supported by Europol, dismantled the ‘violent gang’ in a string of sting operations last week.

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8 Things to Know About Jewelry Crime in 2018

New York—The Jewelers’ Security Alliance’s annual crime report is out, and it paints a picture of an industry that is safer than it has been in decades. Though the number of overall crimes was up slightly, dollar losses dropped dramatically and violence against jewelers hit a low not seen in decades. …

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Customs Agents in Kentucky Seize $90M in Counterfeit Jewelry

Louisville, Ky.—Since mid-July, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Express Consignment Operations hub in Louisville, Kentucky have seized counterfeit jewelry that would be worth $90 million if genuine.According to a CBP statement Wednesday, officers seized three large shipments of counterfeit bracelets in July—in a picture provided by the CBP one of the seizures, the items look to be copies of Cartier’s iconic Love bracelet—totaling more than $42 million….

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EU Protects: How a European arrest warrant works

…Conditions and criteria remain. For instance, before an EAW is issued, a ‘proportionality check’ is made. This check evaluates the gravity of the offence, the imprisonment sentence attributed to the offence and whether an EAW for the crime in question will be worthwhile. This eliminates the use of an EAW for minor offences, such as crimes with a penalty sentence of less than one year….

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