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LAPD searching for alleged members of transnational jewelry theft ring

Los Angeles police arrested two alleged members of a transnational crime ring that has been targeting jewelry stores and retail businesses in the U.S., U.K. and Canada for the past decade. The Los Angeles Police Department arrested Constantin Totoi, 38 and European Muntaneu, 25, but investigators are still searching for six more suspects believed to be connected to the organized theft group. Jeff Nguyen reports….

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Moment Romanian gang member steals £5,750 diamond ring from under the nose of jeweller – yet the prolific thief is spared jail by judge

Blink and you’d miss it: video footage shows the moment a prolific distraction thief slyly slips a diamond ring, worth £5,750, out of sight just inches away from an unsuspecting jeweller.
Claudia Rostas was part of a Romanian gang known for travelling the country to rip off jewellers – and demonstrated her well-honed methods at Hamilton’s, a family-run jewellers in Christchurch, Dorset….

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Machete-wielding robbers raid London Rolex shop

…Six suspects wearing motorcycle helmets threatened staff and members of the public with weapons including machetes at the Bucherer boutique in Knightsbridge on Tuesday morning….

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Pink Panther Gang Behind €580,000 Jewellery Heist

Greek authorities have identified members of the notorious international criminal network known as the “Pink Panthers” as being behind a high-value jewellery store robbery at a hotel complex in Halkidiki, with the stolen items estimated to be worth €580,000….

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Customs Seizes Hundreds of Fake Rolex, Cartier Watches

In the recent multi-shipment seizure, CBP also found counterfeit Audemars Piguet, Moncler, and Chrome Hearts items.
Louisville, Ky.—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville, Kentucky, recently seized three shipments of counterfeit items that included jewelry.
Combined, the goods would have been worth more than $18.6 million if genuine….

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Cell Jammers Are Targeting Your Business. Here’s How to Beat Them

Mit einem s.g. Jammer lassen sich sämtliche Funksignale (z.B. Handynetz, GPS, WLAN, Funk-PKW-Schlüssel) stören bzw. unterdrücken. Somit können der redundante Übertragungsweg der Alarmanlage, die Signale von Funkmeldern sowie von WLAN-Überwachungskameras (unbemerkt) ausfallen.

Tech-savvy criminals are using cellular signal jammers to defeat alarm system communications, allowing them to enter stores and other facilities undetected. When jammed, alarm signals never make it to the monitoring center so authorities are never dispatched, leaving business owners, employees and customers vulnerable to a potentially devastating crime. ….

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Seven suspects blitz Bratislava mall jeweller in seconds

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Umbrellas, masks and axes used in shock raid as criminals escape with unknown haul.It was over in moments, more like a scene from an American heist film than an ordinary Sunday afternoon in Bratislava. A group of masked individuals carried out a brazen robbery at a jewellery shop in the city’s Zlaté Piesky shopping centre last week….

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International fugitive was issued a N.Y. driver’s license, drawing the ire of Nassau County police

…CBS News New York saw video that shows a man and a woman engaging in a sleight-of-hand con that ended with the woman slipping an $11,000 diamond bracelet into her other hand….
… »He’s part of what’s called the Transnational Organized Crime Group. They are mostly out of Romania, all over the world, » Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said….

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1 shot during Valley Indoor Swap Meet robbery | FOX 11 LA

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A robbery at the Valley Indoor Swap Meet in Panorama City was caught on surveillance footage, showing masked suspects smashing jewelry counters and stealing merchandise. One person was shot at the scene….

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Men Dressed as Construction Workers Burglarize Jeweler’s Home

The NYPD is looking for three men who stole a safe and jewelry valued at $3.2 million from the home of a jeweler in Jamaica Hills, Queens…..

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