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In the US, thieves target Indian families for their gold
February 01, 2012
'In the UK, with other investments looking distinctly shaky in the economic crisis, last year gold prices reached record levels. In the autumn, an ounce reached a peak price of 1,194; today it is worth around 1,100 and analysts predict it could reach a new peak later this year or early next, as people seek safer investments, and demand for gold jewellery rises with the growing middle-classes in India,' writes Emine Saner in the Guardian, but this has had a negative fallout on Indians families. Now burglars with metal detectors are targeting the homes of British Asian families for their collections of high-quality 'Indian gold' jewellery, here
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