63 h. ago Massive museum heist sees thieves snatch 1,000 items – including giant walrus tusk

In what is being called an even bigger heist than the Louvre robbery, over 1,000 items, including Native American baskets, were stolen from the Oakland Museum of California

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3 d. ago Here’s where the royal jewels stolen from the Louvre could end up

They could be melted or broken down and ‘sold down the street’ in a shop

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3 d. ago Louvre robbery: Mystery of missing £78m treasure goes on despite 5 more arrests

Five more people have been arrested following the broad daylight theft of French crown jewels from the Louvre Museum - but police are still yet to find the stolen items

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5 d. ago The Louvre invited a former thief for a podcast. He warned of a security breach

Days after eight pieces of the French crown jewels were stolen from the Louvre, a former bank robber who once toured the now-infamous Apollo Gallery for a Louvre podcast says he warned a museum official of weaknesses in security

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7 d. ago The $100 million Louvre theft could make France's stolen Crown Jewels as famous as the Mona Lisa

A week after thieves stormed the Louvre and ripped eight priceless pieces from France’s Crown Jewels, the country is nursing a deep cultural wound

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1 week ago Brazen Louvre thieves caught on camera slowly escaping with crown jewels from £76m heist

A new video has emerged from the day of the Louvre heist, where thieves managed to steal £76million worth of stolen jewels from the country's most popular museum

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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week ago Jewels stolen from Louvre worth estimated £76 million, according to French prosecutor as manhunt continues

Masked men broke into the museum in Paris on Sunday and plucked the Napoleonic items during the raid

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1 week ago The Louvre's crown jewel heist is now 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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1 week ago Jewels stolen in broad daylight Louvre heist were worth an estimated €88MILLION, Paris prosecutor says

A group of four criminals swiped eight items from the world's most visited museum at around 9.30am local time on Sunday in one of the most jaw-dropping public robberies ever.

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1 week ago Stolen Louvre 'crown jewels' were worth £76MILLION as Paris police issue major security update

France's culture minister has told the National Assembly that the Louvre's security cameras were working during Sunday's infamous heist, raising further questions

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1 week 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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1 week ago Priceless gems stolen by 'highly organised gang' in audacious Louvre heist could be broken down and lost for ever

A crisis meeting was held at the museum after Sunday's seven-minute raid which saw a gang plunder artefacts including an Imperial brooch containing 2,000 diamonds.

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1 week ago Louvre 'crown jewels' police in race against time to find thieves or lose loot forever

French police have just 48 hours to hunt down eight priceless artefacts stolen in broad daylight from the Louvre before they are 'gone forever', experts say

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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week ago Jewels stolen from the Louvre include imperial crowns and necklaces

Jewels stolen from Paris’ Louvre Museum in a daring heist include a crown worn by Empress Eugenie, a brooch of Empress Eugenie, and a crown worn by Queen Marie-Amelie

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2 w. ago Louvre museum robbery: how the thieves broke in, what they stole and what happens next

The French culture ministry said eight pieces were stolen – but not the hugely valuable crown of Napoleon III’s wife, Empress EugenieThe Louvre – the world’s most-visited museum – was closed suddenly on Sunday after a break-in at its Apollon gallery, the home of the French crown jewels - part of a daring daylight heist that saw priceless Napoleonic jewels stolen.As French police hunt the thieves who stole eight pieces of historic jewellery, questions are being asked about how they did it and who would be in the market for “priceless” items, including a necklace Napoleon gave to his wife. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago French police on manhunt after thieves steal royal jewels from Louvre

Robbers drop imperial crown but succeed to flee with 8 other artefacts, says prosecutor

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