JSA: Jewelry crimes up 16.6 percent in 2008
New York--The total number of jewelry industry crimes increased 16.6 percent last year, with total dollar losses of $103.5 million, according to the Jewelers' Security Alliance (JSA) 2008 Annual Crime...
JSA warns jewelers to beware of diamond switches
New York--The Jewelers' Security Alliance (JSA) is warning retail jewelers to be wary of "switch artists" who swap out diamonds for cubic zirconia.
JSA: NYC diamond firms warn of suspicious letters
The Jewelers' Security Alliance is telling industry members to be wary about suspicious inquiries after two New York-based diamond companies received letters from alleged independent private jewelers...
Recent jewelry crimes involve fire, smoke bombs
New York—The Jewelers' Security Alliance (JSA) is warning retail jewelers about a string of West Coast jewelry-store crimes in which the perpetrators used incendiary devices as a diversionary...
JSA warns of attacks on traveling jewelry salespeople
New York—A string of attacks on traveling jewelry salespeople from New Mexico to Ohio has the Jewelers' Security Alliance (JSA) reminding salespeople how to be safe, not sorry.
JSA warns of gate-cutting burglaries in New Jersey
New York—The Jewelers' Security Alliance (JSA) has issued a warning to retail jewelers about a string of burglaries in New Jersey in which the perpetrators cut security gates to gain access to...
JSA warns of series of home invasions
New York—In the wake of two recent home invasions, including one that allegedly involved the kidnapping of a jeweler's daughter and granddaughter, the Jewelers' Security Alliance has sent out a...
Former Zale loss-prevention exec to assist JSA
New York—The Jewelers' Security Alliance (JSA) has announced that George Slicho, who retired last month as Zale Corp. senior vice president for loss prevention, has been retained by the JSA as...
Amateur jewelry crimes on the rise
New York--Crimes against jewelers jumped nearly 17 percent last year, and while it's tempting--and perhaps partly accurate--to point a finger at the slumping economy, the recession isn't the only...
GIA, JSA launch crime alert network
Carlsbad, Calif.--The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has announced the launch of a "Neighborhood Watch"-type network in which jewelers and police can quickly share information about jewelry-re...
GIA, JSA launch crime alert network
Carlsbad, Calif.—The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has announced the launch of a "Neighborhood Watch"-type network in which jewelers and police can quickly share information about...
Eleven jewelry crime suspects nabbed
Los Angeles—The FBI/Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Joint Interstate Theft Task Force recently arrested 11 Colombians who were allegedly targeting two traveling jewelry salespeople in Los...