Category: Legal

Executive order won’t remove most import duties (yet).
The August issue of the Rapaport Research Report outlines the trade’s options, from expediting exports to seeking out low-duty routes.
Foiled plot ends with three suspects in custody and the gem recovered within hours.
The market yearned for clarity. It got more uncertainty at a higher price.
“It’s a black day for the gem and jewelry sector,” says GJEPC chairman.
Kristoffer Winters claims he was not repaid for collaborating on a deal with jeweler.
Authorities want him to stand trial for his part in alleged PNB bank fraud.
Investigations commenced in 2020, uncovering an extensive counterfeit network from China.
Sorter systematically stole over $24,000 in high-value stones, planning to sell them at a later date, company says.
Five shipments containing almost 2,200 items arrived from China and Hong Kong.

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