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Wafi Mall Dh14.7 million heist: ‘Pink Panther’ in Dubai court

One member of gang denies involvement in court. One of the accused involved in an infamous Dh14.7 million heist at Dubai’s Wafi Mall in 2007, who was handed over to Dubai Police by Spanish authorities, appeared before the Dubai Criminal Court.

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Swindlers who bought designer watches and jewellery with Monopoly money are sent to prison

A GANG of fraudsters who paid for watches, jewellery and diamonds worth some £600,000 with Monopoly money have been jailed for 16 years.

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Retail crime cost UK retailers over £2.34bn in 2015

Crime cost UK retailers more than £2.34bn last year, according to the recent UK Retail Fraud Survey 2016 published by Retail Knowledge.
Launched at the Retail Risk conference and sponsored by WIS International, the survey found that employee theft was identified as the single biggest cause, with 68% of retailers citing it as their top area of loss……

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2 women rob Saudi jewellery shop

Two veiled women went into a jewellery shop in Saudi Arabia and pretended to be checking pieces before one of them picked an item and hid it under her clothes.

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Cheeky Monkey: Watch CCTV footage of jewellery shop being robbed by primate

IN a bizarre incident, a jewellery shop in India’s southern Andhra Pradesh state was robbed of 10,000 rupees (£100) by a monkey last month.

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VIDEO: Man jailed after failed jewellery store robbery dressed as a woman

VIDEO: A man who attempted to carry out an armed robbery at a Surrey-based jewellers while dressed in women’s clothing has been jailed.
The attempted robbery took place shortly after 5pm on Friday, 19 February, when Ryan Valentine, 39, entered the jewellery shop on Leatherhead high street wearing a long black wig, dark sunglasses, a black skirt, a light coloured long-sleeved top and carrying a dark coloured handbag……

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Four men jailed over €1.1 million jewellery raid in Co Galway after they were recruited in Lithuania

The criminals, who were contracted in Lithuania, specifically targeted a Galway city jewellers….Judge McCabe sentenced Paulauskas to 14 years in prison and the other three men to eight years……

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Police smash largest fake credit card ring in recent years, 19 arrested

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have smashed the country’s biggest fake credit card syndicate in recent years with the arrest of 19 people between in Klang Valley and Ipoh, Perak over the weekend.
Commercial Crime Investigation Department (Money Laundering) senior assistant commissioner Khalil Azlan Chik said police first received a tip-off on the case in November last year.
« Following that, we conducted close surveillance on the syndicate for five months, » he said……

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Armed robbers stole £250k of gems after claw hammer attack on jewellery store staff

A robber has been jailed for ten years after his gang attacked jewellery shop staff with a claw hammer before escaping with £250,000 in gems.
Bradley Devine, 24, of Four Acres, Quinton, took part in the terrifying raid at SP and Green Jewellers in January – the same store he had previously tried to steal a Rolex from.
A masked gang brutally attacked a member of staff and the female store owner with the hammer in the ‘professionally planned commercial robbery’…….

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Two scooter thieves trying to Sweden jewelery robbery in 2016

Friday, May 13, 2016 in Sweden was on the steering Klockmaster shop, located in the Kista Galleria-mall. This store specializes in the sale of luxury watches and jewelry (bracelets, necklaces, rings …). Two hooded men and scooter returned to the shopping center and stole several gold jewelry counter by breaking the windows with a crowbar……

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