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Gurdal could scarcely contain his joy: "It'll take time for them to get better, to stop making so many mistakes, but...I'm happy...
...officials said that they were protected by that country's famed business-secrecy laws. After the U.S. attempted to get the Rich documents, Swiss officials seized many papers at Rich's headquarters in Zug to keep them from the Americans. Justice Department attorneys claim that the documents contain "golden nuggets" that would enable them to prove twice as much tax evasion as is currently charged. The Swiss have yet to decide whether they will extradite Rich and Green...
When police recover a stolen auto or camera, they can attempt to find the owner through the item's serial number. But when authorities find filched gems, they know the owners have probably kissed their property goodbye. Most gems contain no traceable markings. Systems for registering diamonds by photography and other means have proved unreliable. Says Robert Doubet, vice president of Lazare Kaplan & Sons, a New York City diamond-cutting firm: "Once removed from its mounting, a diamond is as good as ownerless...
...handling shoplifters in an academic community can have its amusing moments. Argeros said he receives a few letters a month from former students whose past crimes have been irritating their consciences. The letters tell stories of textbooks stolen as long as 15 years ago. They also contain checks to cover the merchandise--sometimes with the amount adjusted for inflation...
Along the northern coast of Japan, investigators continued to collect the debris from Flight 007. A five-ship U.S. task force searched international waters for the "black boxes" from the airliner that contain vital flight information. Near by, a Soviet fleet was doing the same thing. At times, ships from the two fleets came within 500 yds. of each other, engaging in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation...