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Six Men Arrested in Campbell Bridges Murder CaseJCK Staff, August 14, 2009
Police in Kenya arrested six men in connection with the murder of Campbell Bridges.
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Man Arrested in Connection with London Jewelry HeistJCK Staff, August 13, 2009London police arrested a man in connection with the robbery of a jewelry store August 6th. More
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Updated Report: ICA Director Campbell Bridges Murdered in KenyaJCK Staff, August 11, 2009
Scottish geologist and ICA Director Campbell Bridges murdered by mob in Kenya.
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Jewelry Stolen from Orlando Bloom's HouseBy JCK Online Staff, July 17, 2009Orlando Bloom recently joined the list of celebrities whose homes have been burglarized, with the actor out $500,000 in jewelry and other pricey goods. More
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Boynton Beach, Fla., Jewelry Store BurglarizedBy JCK Online Staff, July 10, 2009Break-in resulted in smashed glass doors and $3,000 in silver taken. More
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Florida Jewelry Store Manager Fires At Fleeing ThiefBy JCK Online Staff, June 26, 2009Robber escapes with $20,000 gold medallion. More
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JVC, JBT to Hold 'Memo' Seminar at JANYBy JCK Online Staff, June 18, 2009The Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC) and the Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT) will team up to present the “Do’s and Don’ts of Trading on Memo.” More
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Jewelry Crime Up, Grab and Runs BlamedBy Rob Bates, May 1, 2009A huge increase in grab and run incidents—in which customers run off with jewelry shown to them—drove up jewelry crime 17 percent in 2008, reversing the recent downward trend, Jewelers' Security Alliance reported. “Crime was definitely up in 2008,” says JSA president John Kennedy. More
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JBT Honors JM; Matthies joins JBT BoardBy JCK Online Staff, April 8, 2009Joel Matthies, chief information officer at Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co., accepted an award at a lunch in Midtown Manhattan from the Jewelers Board of Trade on behalf of its long-standing commitment to JBT. More
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JA Provides Guidance on Burma Gem BanBy JCK Online Staff, March 30, 2009Jewelers of America sent its members updated guidance on the Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008, which banned the import of Burmese rubies and jadeite, effective Sept. 27, 2008. More
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Annual Rough Diamond Reports due April 1By JCK Online Staff, March 26, 2009All importers and exporters of rough diamonds in 2008 are reminded that annual reports of rough diamond imports and exports must be filed by April 1, the Jewelers Vigilance Committee said. Anyone who exported or imported rough diamonds in 2008 must file a report. More
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Life for Man in Mich. Jewelry Store SlayingsBy JCK Online Staff, March 24, 2009One of two brothers convicted of killing two persons during the robbery of a Grand Haven, Mich., jewelry store has been given a mandatory life prison sentence, The Associated Press reports. More
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JVC, JBT, Memo Seminar at Instore ShowBy JCK Online Staff, March 18, 2009The Jewelers Vigilance Committee and The Jewelers Board of Trade will present “The Basics of Memo Transaction – The Dos and Don’t’s of Trading on Memo” at The Instore Show, Navy Piers, Chicago, April 20 at 8:30 a.m. More
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Two Jewelers Face Misdemeanor ChargesBy JCK Online Staff, March 17, 2009Two retail jewelers in Watsonville, Calif., are facing misdemeanor charges for allegedly purchasing secondhand jewelry without proper licensing or crime-prevention procedures, according to the Register-Pajaronian newspaper. More
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RJC Amends Diamond DefinitionBy JCK Online Staff, March 17, 2009The Responsible Jewellery Council said Tuesday it has amendment its definition of "diamond" and renamed its mining membership category to diamond and/or gold producer. More
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JSA: Jewelry Crime Up 17% in 2008Rob Bates, Senior Editor, March 12, 2009In a reversal of the trend from previous years, the total number of crimes against the jewelry industry increased 16.6 percent in 2008, the Jewelers' Security Alliance reported. Total dollar losses also increased to $103.5 million. More
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NY State Jewelers to Celebrate 100 YearsBy JCK Online Staff, March 5, 2009The New York State Jewelers Association, founded in 1909 to foster, promote, and protect the welfare of jewelers in the state, will host its Centennial Anniversary celebration with a gala dinner on Saturday, July 25, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. More
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JVC, JBT to Present Memo Seminar at MJSA ExpoBy JCK Online Staff, February 19, 2009The Jewelers Vigilance Committee and The Jewelers Board of Trade will present “The Basics of Memo Transaction – The Dos and Don’ts of Trading on Memo” at the MJSA Expo, Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York City, at 3:45 p.m. The seminar will take place in the presentation area at the rear of Hall C. More
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JSA Issues Warning for Jewelry Salesmen in Texas, OklahomaBy JCK Online Staff, February 17, 2009The Jewelers’ Security Alliance has issued a warning for traveling jewelry salespersons in Texas and Oklahoma saying that a string of robberies beginning in January 2008 continues to plague persons on the road. More
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RFID to the RescueAnthony DeMarco, Senior Editor, February 9, 2009The type of technology associated with criminal prevention and the recovery of stolen property often involves things like video surveillance, alarm system advances, and GPS tracking. It’s rare that inventory-management technology is credited with helping to recover stolen goods but that’s just what happened, according to Sissy Jones of Sissy’s Log Cabin. More
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