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US news
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Transnational jewelry theft ring busted after monthlong investigation, LAPD says

An organized theft ring operating since at least 2016 targeted jewelry and retail businesses across multiple U.S. states and abroad; two arrested, six suspects sought.
fromOpen Culture
3 months ago

How Thieves Stole Priceless Jewels at the Louvre in 8 Minutes

On Sun­day morn­ing, some auda­cious thieves stole price­less jew­els from the Lou­vre Muse­um. The heist took only eight min­utes from start to fin­ish. At 9:30 a.m., the rob­bers parked a truck with a portable lad­der in front of the Parisian muse­um. They ascend­ed the lad­der, cut through a sec­ond-floor win­dow, entered the muse­um, smashed through dis­play cas­es, and snatched price­less jew­els, includ­ing a roy­al emer­ald neck­lace. By 9:38 a.m., they descend­ed the lad­der and escaped on motor­cy­cles. And, with that, they made off like ban­dits.
France news
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 months ago

DA tosses murder case against Oakland man accused of killing brother

Murder charge against Matthew John was dropped; he pleaded no contest to a $98,000 Berkeley jewelry robbery and will serve three years.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
8 months ago

Brits can be extradited over Tokyo jewellery heist

British men accused of robbing a Tokyo jewellery store can be extradited to Japan after a landmark ruling.
The extradition case is significant as it involves no existing treaty between the UK and Japan.
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