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JSA Issues Warning About Watch Robberies

New York—The Jewelers’ Security Alliance is warning jewelers to be wary of the risks involved in wearing expensive watches following a string of robberies on both coasts.
One of the most widely reported robberies involved Los Angeles jeweler Shay Belhassen, who was out to lunch in Beverly Hills when three armed men grabbed him from behind, choked him and put a gun to his head, JSA said. ….

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Colombian citizen accused of stealing suitcase with jewelry extradited to Russia

MOSCOW, March 9 (RAPSI) — Colombian citizen Edgar Alejandro Valero, who stands charged with stealing a travel suitcase with jewelry at a fair in the city of Kazan, was extradited to Russia from Argentina, the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office informs RAPSI on Tuesday.
Investigators believe that in July 2018 in the city of Kazan, in the pavilion of the Kazanskaya Yarmarka exhibition center, Valero and his accomplices stole a travel suitcase from an employee of the Seven Diamonds jewelry company, which contained jewelry worth 160 million rubles ($2 million at the current exchange rate). The Colombian fled from the scene of the crime in a car he prepared beforehand, according to the supervisory authority’s statement…..

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Who is Milan Ljepoja, the alleged victim of Velja Nevolja

Veljko Belivuk, aka Velja Nevolja, who was arrested yesterday in a large action by the Ministry of the Interior and the BIA, in addition to the liquidation of Red Star fan Zdravko Radojevic, is also suspected of killing Milan Ljepoja, an alleged member of the Pink Panthers,….

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Customs Seizes Nearly $10M in Counterfeit Jewelry, Watches

Cincinnati—U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Cincinnati seized two shipments of counterfeit jewelry and watches earlier this month, CBP reported last week.
The first shipment came from Shenzen, China and was heading to a private residence in Norcross, Georgia, an Atlanta suburb….

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Professional Gangs Sent Industry Dollar Losses Soaring in 2019

New York—The U.S. jewelry industry saw dollar losses from crime almost double last year, driven by a spike in the number of organized, professional gangs pulling off multimillion-dollar burglaries.
According to the annual crime report for 2019 compiled by the Jewelers’ Security Alliance, dollar losses due to crimes against the industry totaled $101 million in 2019, up 89 percent from $53.4 million in 2018….

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Thief steals over $10K in jewelry from unlocked car at NW Miami-Dade gas station

NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) – Tens of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and cash was stolen from the unlocked car of a jeweler while parked at a Northwest Miami-Dade gas station.
The theft was captured on surveillance video at a Chevron along Northwest 67th Avenue, Wednesday night…..

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Police Searching For Suspect Wanted For Deadly Jewelry Store Stabbing, Robbery

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Detectives are searching for a suspect who stabbed a jewelry store owner to death during a robbery in downtown Los Angeles earlier this month.
The below images were provided to help track down the suspect…..

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Watch as masked men steal £100k from jewellers

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Detectives have released CCTV footage of the moment four masked men smashed their way into a jewellery shop in Ely.
Police were called at about 2.50am this morning (13 November) to reports of a break in at The Italian Jewellers in High Street Passage.
The thieves ransacked the store before making off with more than £100,000 worth of rings and watches….

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Romanian couple, 33, used six-year-old boy to help steal a £67,000 gold watch from Harrods by switching it for a replica hidden in the boy’s hood

A Romanian couple used a six-year-old boy to help them steal a £67,000 watch from Harrods, a court heard.
Ilie Para and Marta Para-Bloj, both 33, scoped out the luxury retailer, in Knightsbridge, central London, days ahead of the theft and took pictures of the Royal Offshore Oak 18 carat rose gold watch…..

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JSA Says There’s Been a Spike in Distraction Thefts

New York—The Jewelers’ Security Alliance has noticed, and is tracking, an uptick in the number of distraction thefts at jewelry stores. An email alert sent out Thursday by JSA noted several such incidences across the country, starting in early August. ….

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