LOS ANGELES (AP) – The legal battle over ownership of a 752-pound emerald may have been settled after six years and millions of dollars in legal and other costs. Los Angeles County Superior Court ...

ITABIRA, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, July 2, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Brazilian emeralds are commanding new global attention, with Belmont Emeralds leading the way in ...

Messer, the notoriously prolific money launderer, was able to move millions of dollars through Brazil’s emerald mining industry, adding yet another scheme to his laundry list of illicit financial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 836-pound emerald was caught in the middle of an international dispute (AP) A massive, 836lb emerald thought to be worth as ...

A U.S. ruling set in motion the gem’s repatriation to Brazil, where it was first unearthed more than 20 years ago. By Alexandra E. Petri Tales have been told for years about the famed 836-pound ...

For more than 15 years, one of the world's most famous gemstones — the 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald — has been held in Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department custody, its ultimate fate uncertain amid ...

The French-born jeweler Jules Sauer was a true pioneer, obsessed with sourcing as much as with designing. That was an unusual passion in the 1960s, when he ventured to the Brazilian state of Bahia to ...

A colossal green stone known as the Bahia Emerald may finally return to Brazil after nearly a decade of litigation in the U.S. Judge Reggie B. Walton, of the U.S. District Court for the District of ...

San Diego-area families say they lost thousands of dollars after investing in an emerald mining operation out of Brazil. Now investors are being warned about that company's legitimacy. As Pietra Verdi ...