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Europe's stolen gems: The Dubai connection

Published on 23.05.2024 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 min

The difficulty of tracing the provenance of precious stones comes back to haunt jewellers when they get robbed, as was the case just days ago for Harry Winston and back in 2021 for Chaumet.

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France, UAE Europe's stolen gems: The Dubai connection

The difficulty of tracing the provenance of precious stones comes back to haunt jewellers when they get robbed, as was the case just days ago for Harry Winston and back in 2021 for Chaumet.

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