Monaco Police managed to detain at least one member of a criminal group "Pink Panther", specializing in the robberies of jewelry stores, announced on Friday, June 19, AFP.
Member, Pink Panthers, told representatives of law enforcement principality, was taken into custody in the parking lot of cars around the famous Place du Casino in Monte Carlo, where there are several jewelry stores. Along with a gang member, whose name has not been disclosed, were arrested two other men. It is possible that they also relate to the "Pink Panther". Police princedoms yet does not specify what countries citizens are detained.
In October 2008, said AFP, Monaco police also detained two members of the "Pink Panther" in the same parking lot at the Casino de Monte Carlo.
Grouping of "Pink Panther", to which, basically, are people from the Balkan countries, in effect since 2003. Gang suspected of involvement in dozens of robberies of jewelry stores in Europe, the United States, Japan and the Middle East. The total amount stolen Pink Panther "jewelry, according to preliminary estimates, reached $ 200 million.
In early June 2009, two members of "Pink Panther" - the citizens of Montenegro, Nikolai Ivanovich (Nicolai Ivanovic) and Zoran Kostic (Zoran Kostic) - were sentenced by a French court to jail for using false documents. June 15, another member of the "Pink Panther" - Vladimir Lekić (Vladimir Lekic) - was arrested in Montenegro. Then, it was reported that Lekić, I. Kostic, and are suspected of robbing a jewelry shop in Frankfurt, committed in December 2003. Prey of criminals then became jewelry valued at one million euro.
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