19 h. ago Pair arrested for Louvre robbery 'were tied to the scene by strands of their hair found in abandoned crash helmet and high

The two men, who have not been named, were taken into custody a week after the spectacular seven-minute heist at the world's most visited art museum.

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24 h. ago I’m a legal expert. Here’s the biggest mistake the Louvre robbers made

French detectives will be on the lookout for new jewels being offered up for sale in the years to come, Leila Amineddoleh writes

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44 h. ago Pair arrested over Louvre £76million 'heist of the century' were trying to flee to Africa when police swooped

The men, who have not been named, were taken into custody a week after the spectacular seven-minute heist at the world's most visited art museum.

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48 h. ago Moment cops arrest ringleader for smuggling £300k drugs into prisons via drone

Curtis Carney, 36, and his accomplice Robert Stoba, 26, attempted 50 drops with the devices, over six different prisons across the North West of England.

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48 h. ago Louvre robbery: Prosecutor's fury as news of arrests revealed

She said she "deeply deplored" the hasty disclosure of this information by informed individuals adding that it could harm the investigation into the daring theft of loot worth £76m

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50 h. ago Two arrested over Louvre Museum robbery that saw gang steal crown jewels

Two suspects have been arrested over the "highly organised" Louvre Museum robbery which saw a gang steal eight of France's priceless crown jewels in a seven minute heist.

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51 h. ago Legend of Pink Panthers reborn as Louvre heist echoes Monte Carlo's daring 2008 robbery

A lightning-fast jewel theft at the Louvre mirrors the Pink Panthers' Monte Carlo heist back in 2008, reviving fears that the world's most elusive robbers are back

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2 d. ago Louvre transfers some of its most precious jewels after audacious daylight heist

The Bank of France is just 500 meters away from the Louvre

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3 d. ago Inspector Clouseau? The mystery man in an AP photo after the Louvre jewel heist creates a buzz

A photo taken by an Associated Press photographer after the brazen daylight robbery at Paris' Louvre Museum is generating an online buzz

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3 d. 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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4 d. 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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5 d. 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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5 d. 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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5 d. 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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5 d. 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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6 d. 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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6 d. 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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6 d. ago Attacker of viral Man Utd fan famed for growing hair BANNED by Red Devils after incident

Manchester United have taken action against a supporter who was filmed pulling the hair of Frank Ilett, aka the United Strand, following a match at Old Trafford

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6 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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7 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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