4 h. ago Why a German freight lift has become the viral star of Louvre heist

German makers of lift used by Louvre thieves to escape have seized on their newfound social media fame

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10 h. ago The most shocking and historical heist of the century including Empress Eugenie's stolen jewels writes JOSIE GOODBODY

In one of the most audacious robberies in history, the Louvre was victim to a brazen jewel theft in broad daylight.

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24 h. ago Louvre thieves filmed making painfully slow getaway after whirlwind crown jewels heist

Police are continuing to search for the gang of thieves who broke into the Parisian museum using chainsaws and stole priceless jewellery

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31 h. ago Astonishing new video shows Louvre robbers escaping in a mechanical delivery basket with £76m

This is the moment the brazen robbers who stole priceless jewellery worth an estimated £76million from the Louvre escaped down a ladder before fleeing on scooters. 

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31 h. ago Astonishing new video shows Louvre robbers calmly escaping in a mechanical delivery basket before fleeing with £76m

This is the moment the brazen robbers who stole priceless jewellery from the Louvre escaped down a ladder before fleeing on scooters. 

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32 h. ago Louvre robbery: Director admits 'failure' as only gallery camera faced wrong way

Laurence des Cars has offered to resign as the director of the Louvre, accepting the daylight raid - in which jewels worth an estimated £76m were stolen - was a 'terrible failure'

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48 h. ago Louvre heist timeline: How thieves stole €88m of jewellery in under eight minutes

Thieves spent only four minutes inside the Paris museum – but managed to steal over $100 million worth of crown jewels

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49 h. ago A film about an audacious art heist? Inside The Mastermind, the timeliest movie ever

Just days after the Louvre theft comes this drolly unconventional gallery robbery drama. Director Kelly Reichardt talks about solving crimes as a kid – and casting Josh O’Connor as a crook in autumnal knitwearThe term “cosy crime” describes the reassuring, cardigan-swaddled whodunnits that currently dominate both page and screen, but it carries different connotations for Kelly Reichardt, director of the new heist movie The Mastermind, as it surely must for anyone from a law enforcement family. Reichardt’s mother was an undercover narcotics agent, her father a crime scene detective. When the couple split up, she also gained an FBI agent as a stepfather. During weekends with her dad, who moved into a house with four other recently divorced colleagues, she would sometimes be given mysteries to solve, like some kind of junior Thursday Murder Club.“It sounds really cute,” says the 5ft-tall, 61-year-old director, whose film could not feel more timely, given the Louvre heist. “But I was on...

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51 h. ago The security threats that reveal how the Louvre heist was pulled off

Carmen Jordá Sanz says there is one thing that the recent episode at the Louvre teaches us

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55 h. ago What will happen to the stolen Louvre jewels? Here are two likely scenarios

The spectacular heist of jewellery has many people wondering what might happen to the items that were stolen from the museum

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56 h. ago The Louvre has reopened. Now it is a race against time for authorities and the brazen thieves

Experts say France's royal jewels may be gone forever after a daring heist at the Louvre

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3 d. ago France’s Culture Minister gives fresh update on brazen Louvre heist

France's Culture Minister has responded to criticism of the Louvre's security after the dramatic heist

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3 d. ago 'Woke to blame for Louvre robbery': Female museum security chief accused of being a 'diversity hire' comes under fire as politicians say heist has made France 'the laughing stock of the world'

The Louvre's head of security has been accused of being a diversity hire who put France's national treasures at risk, following the shocking heist of Napoleonic jewellery over the weekend.

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3 d. ago Louvre jewellery recovery unlikely even if police catch robbers behind brazen museum heist

At least four French museums have been robbed in the last two months

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4 d. ago Inspiration for the Louvre heist? Hours before Paris attack, thieves tunnel into California jewelry store make off with diamonds and cash

Nearly half a million dollars worth of gold and diamonds were stolen in elaborate heist

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4 d. ago Louvre robbery: All the major security failings that led to seven

The robbery at the Louvre may go down as one of the most audacious thefts in modern history, both due to the thieves' apparent planning and security failures at the museum

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4 d. ago How the Louvre museum robbery happened in video, photographs and maps

Eight pieces stolen, but crown of Napoleon III’s wife dropped by the fleeing thievesThieves made off with priceless Napoleonic jewels during a spectacular daylight heist on Sunday at the Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum.The museum in Paris, whose extensive collections include the Mona Lisa, was closed for a second day on Monday as police hunted for the suspects in the robbery, which has reignited a row over a lack of security in France’s museums. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago What the Louvre thieves are likely to do with the ‘priceless’ jewels

The objects taken were France’s royal jewels, formerly belonging to the Empress Eugénie, Napoleon III’s wife and arts patron

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4 d. ago How the Louvre’s other famous heist became part of art history

The jewellery heist at the Louvre on Sunday is only the latest in a series of thefts

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4 d. ago Watch: Louvre jewellery thief suspect caught on camera in new footage

Watch as one of the suspected the Louvre jewellery thieves is seen on camera wearing a hi-vis vest as he appears to break into a glass cabinet.

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