This is not just a series of cases, but many cases.
A Japanese businessman was robbed of a watch worth millions of dollars while smoking near the Champs Elysé es in Paris. He's not the only victim. According to French media reports, the area around the Champs Elysé es has recently become the hardest hit area for famous watches to be robbed.
According to CNN) 10/0, the Paris police told CNN that at about 9 pm local time on the 7th, the Japanese businessman walked out of a five-star hotel near the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs Elysé es to smoke, and a thief snatched his watch from his wrist.
According to French BFMTV TV, a man approached a robbed Japanese businessman and asked him for a cigarette. When the Japanese businessman reached out, the thief grabbed the other person's arm, snatched the watch and ran away.
According to the police, a tourbillon watch of Swiss luxury watch brand Richard Miller was robbed, with a retail price of 830,000 US dollars (about 5.92 million yuan). A police spokesman said that in view of the value of the items involved, the case had been handed over to the police task force for handling.
Coincidentally, in recent months, a series of luxury watches have been stolen in Paris. According to BFMTV, 765,438+0 such cases were recorded in the first eight months of this year.
According to BFMTV, most thefts occurred near the Champs Elysé es, where there are many luxury hotels and jewelry stores. There were four thefts in one day in July, and watches with a total value of 6.5438+0.9 million euros (about 6.5438+0.49 million yuan) were stolen.
According to BFMTV, these luxury watches can be resold on the black market at 30% to 50% of the original price. To this end, thieves have explored several ways to steal watches-some thieves will smash the owner or hit the owner with a scooter; Some thieves will ask for a cigarette, a photo, or other means, and then take the watch; Another trick is to hit the mirror of the car driven by the owner, prompting the owner to put his hand out of the window and straighten the mirror.