Crime
Crime remains a significant concern for the UK jewellery trade, with retailers, manufacturers, and suppliers facing risks from theft, fraud, and organised criminal activity. Staying informed about crime trends, prevention strategies, and security innovations is essential for protecting staff, stock, and premises. Jewellery Focus covers crime-related news and insights, including high-profile incidents, police initiatives, and practical advice for trade professionals on mitigating risks and strengthening business resilience.
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Sep- 2017 -19 SeptemberDesigners
Watch app launches to bring transparency to pre-owned industry
Redblok, a cloud-based technology and marketing service dedicated to the watch and jewellery industry, has created a new cloud-based service that aims to bring greater transparency to the sourcing and selling of luxury pre-owned watches from business to business. The Watch App will also make it cheaper and more efficient…
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Jun- 2017 -28 JuneCrime
Hatton Garden watch dealer jailed for selling over 100 stolen watches
CLARIFICATION: When this article was first published, the featured image showed the premises of 88-90 Hatton Garden, which may have given the impression that businesses occupying this building were involved in the story. We would like to clarify that no business visible in the original image was involved in the…
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19 JuneCrime
Machete found after smash-and-grab robbery
Robbers who smashed their way into a jewellery shop, are believed to have sped away from the scene on mopeds. The police are appealing for witnesses in Banstead town centre at 2.15pm Friday (16 June). Surrey Police received a report of the armed robbery at Campbells of Banstead Ltd. It…
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Mar- 2017 -21 MarchCrime
Crime gang jailed over £3m jewellery raids
Members of a Romanian crime gang have been jailed for a series of burglaries on jewellers, in which some £3.1m worth of jewellery was stolen. The six men have been jailed for a total of 47 years for conspiring to commit burglaries at jewellers across nine different counties in the…
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Dec- 2016 -7 DecemberCrime
Raid at Edinburgh jewellers after thieves smash through neighbouring barbers
Jewellery has been stolen from an Edinburgh jewellers after a gang of raiders smashed their way through the wall of a neighbouring barbers to gain entry. Thousands of pounds worth of 18-carat diamond pendants and bracelets were stolen from Theodore David Jewellers in Inverleith, Edinburgh, on Sunday 4 December after…
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Nov- 2016 -22 NovemberCrime
Investigations underway following Preston jewellery store raid
Police have opened investigations after a raid at a jewellery store in Preston, Lancashire, saw thieves make off with a quantity of jewellery. Officers were called to Hackler’s Jewellers, in Lune Street, at around 8am on Sunday 20 November following reports of a burglary in the city. It is believed…
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Oct- 2016 -31 OctoberCrime
Diamond dealers jailed for laundering £53m to crime gangs
A London-based couple who ran a diamond trading business from their home in East Finchley have been jailed for laundering more than £53m for organised crime gangs. Danny Koort, 52, and Jeanette Rosen, 48, were convicted for money laundering at the Old Bailey after a joint investigation by the National…
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Jul- 2016 -6 JulyEvents
ACID named ‘IP Champion’ on first British IP Day
Anti Copying in Design (ACID) has been named at the first-ever UK ‘IP Champion’, at an event in Westminster yesterday (Tuesday, 5 July). The award – handed out on the first British IP Day, launched by the Alliance for Intellectual Property – recognises a person, organisation or campaign that has…
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Jun- 2016 -13 JuneCrime
Five jailed over £7m Monopoly money scam on jewellery stores
A gang of conmen who used Monopoly money to trick jewellery store owners as part of a £7m scam have been sent to jail for a combined total of 22 years. The sentencing follows an investigation into organised frauds, including an elaborate fraud in Bristol where a jeweller lost £420,000…
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6 JuneCrime
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…
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