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Fingerprints, DNA and a foiled escape: How French police caught Louvre museum heist suspects; hunt for jewels still on

French authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with the high-profile theft of France’s crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre Museum, officials confirmed on Sunday. The arrests come a week after the dramatic heist, in which thieves made off with royal artifacts worth an estimated 88 million euros (102 million dollars), leaving the world’s most-visited museum…

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Louvre jewel heist: Two suspects arrested over theft at Paris museum – what we know

Two suspects have been arrested in the $100 million Louvre jewel theft, one week after what has been termed as the “heist of the century”, French media outlet Le Parisien reported on Sunday.The stolen items consisted of a sapphire diadem, a necklace, and one earring from a set associated with 19th-century Queens Marie-Amelie and Hortense.What…

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Watch: Louvre museum thieves’ slow getaway with France’s crown jewels; caught on camera

Louvre museum thieves caught on camera escaping with the jewels. A video has emerged showing two thieves calmly escaping the Louvre Museum in Paris with an estimated €88 million (£76 million) worth of France’s crown jewels — in what is being described as one of the country’s most spectacular heists in decades.The 36-second clip, verified…

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‘French things’: Who is the fedora-hat detective investigating Louvre museum heist? Internet’s latest obsession

The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, was targeted by thieves on Sunday, October 19, when they stole historic jewellery valued at 88 million euros ($102 million) in broad daylight.The heist was described as a “terrible failure” for the museum by Louvre Director Laurence des Cars, who has subsequently offered to resign. Caught on Camera: Louvre…

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Louvre heist: Museum director admits ‘insufficient’ camera coverage; claims ‘we failed’ three days after crown jewels stolen

The director of the Louvre Museum, Laurence des Cars, on Wednesday admitted that the museum’s security cameras were “insufficient,” just three days after thieves made off with crown jewels worth over $100 million in a daring daytime heist.Addressing Senators, des Cars acknowledged that while all alarms had functioned during the burglary, the cameras did not…

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Louvre heist: Museum reopens 3 days after jewellery heist; thieves stole French crown jewels

France’s Louvre Museum reopened to visitors on Wednesday, three days after closing due to a shocking 7-minute daylight heist.From 9.00 am (local time), the museum’s regular opening time, visitors began entering the renowned institution, though the Apollo Gallery, where the theft took place on Sunday, remains closed, as cited by AFP. ON CAM: Louvre Thieves…

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Louvre museum heist: From tiara to Napoleon’s emerald wedding gift set – what jewels were stolen | World News

Pic courtesy: X/ @oldroyalty1 Within a matter of four to seven minutes, thieves stole eight pieces of jewelry, which officials described as ‘incalculable’ value, from the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday. The daylight heist, which was orchestrated about 30 minutes after the opening, is among the highest-profile museum thefts in living memory. Taking advantage…

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Louvre Heist: From Mona Lisa to Renaissance armour– How common are thefts at Paris’s iconic museum

Mona Lisa (Louvre website), The Louvre museum (AP Photo) Paris’s world-famous Louvre Museum was shut down on Sunday morning following a shocking jewellery theft in which the robbers reportedly stole “nine pieces from the jewellery collection of Napoleon and the Empress”, France’s culture minister Rachida Dati confirmed. Police and museum officials are currently investigating the…

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The 7-minute heist: Thieves break into France’s Louvre Museum, steal ‘priceless’ Napoleon’s jewels and scoot away – what we know so far

The world’s most famous Louvre Museum in France was expecting around 30,000 visitors (estimated), unaware of the fact that seven minutes of Sunday morning were enough to lodge another incident of robbery in its notorious history. It was nothing less than a filmy scene when an unknown number of thieves on scooters carrying chainsaws broke…

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