[Jewelry making - Article 00136] - Re: [Orchid] Can a Pawshop Legally Sell Our Stolen Goods?

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Hi Susan,

    In The Netherlands people who buy jewellery from the public (pawn
    shops, antique dealers etc) are required to keep a registry of the
    items they buy and from whom. The seller needs to produce an id like
    a passport. Every now and then the police takes a peek at the
    registers. Much like the system in hotels, they want you to show an
    id and the registers get collected by the local police department to
    see if you're a fugitive or not. 

    It doesn't work well because most of the time the registry is filled
    out on a random sheet of paper cos of tax considerations and never
    makes it into the official registry. 

    Anyway, if you find any of your stolen goods in a shop that can't
    produce the proper papers, the shop is screwed.. if the shop can,
    then it's as the French say "tant pis" and you will have to buy the
    goods back. 

Alain


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