3 d. ago Police release woman charged with being an accomplice to Louvre heist under judicial supervision

So far, no trace has been found of the stolen jewels

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6 d. ago Who is ‘fedora man’? Dapper French teenager in viral Louvre heist photo unmasked

Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux was captured looking suave in a picture outside the Paris museum on the day of a crown jewels heistWhen 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux realised an Associated Press photo of him at the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist had drawn millions of views, his first instinct was not to rush online and unmask himself.Quite the opposite. A fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot who lives with his parents and grandfather in Rambouillet, 30km (19 miles) from Paris, Pedro decided to let the mystery linger. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Louvre's shockingly 'obvious' password that sparked £77million jewel heist

A four-man crew busted into the Louvre museum and smashed into glass displays with chainsaws as terrified guests looked on. They stole £77million worth of artefacts

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9 d. ago Louvre vows to restore the imperial crown dropped by thieves during museum robbery

The diamond and emerald-studded crown of Empress Eugénie, which was found damaged near the Louvre after being dropped by thieves during last month's robbery, will be restored as a symbol of “renaissance,” the museum's director Laurence des Cars said

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9 d. ago France mourns its stolen crown jewels as their uncomfortable colonial past returns to view

The theft of the Louvre's crown jewels has increased calls for the museum to be more transparent about the colonial origins of the treasures it displays

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1 week ago Revealed: The shockingly weak password for the Louvre’s security system during heist

The cybersecurity audit warned that access to controls, alarms and video surveillance were at risk due to cybersecurity negligence

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1 week ago The Louvre urged to speed up security upgrades in audit conducted before the heist

France's court of auditors has urged the Louvre museum to prioritize security modernization

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1 week ago Louvre heist suspect is social media star and former museum guard, reports say

Man, identified as Abdoulaye N, is one of four accused over theft of historic jewels worth tens of millions of poundsOne of the men arrested on suspicion of stealing €88m (£77m) of crown jewels from the Louvre museum is a minor social media star with a passion for motorbikes who has worked as a security guard at the Pompidou centre, French media have reported.Identified by justice officials as Abdoulaye N, the 39-year-old man was arrested at his home in Aubervilliers, the suburb north of Paris where he was born, six days after the 19 October heist. He faces charges of organised theft and criminal conspiracy. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Louvre heist suspect's trial in a separate case expected to be postponed

Lawyers for a suspect in the Louvre jewels heist say they expect his trial in a separate case to be postponed

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2 w. ago Count of Paris issues desperate plea to Louvre thieves over jewel heist

The stolen sapphire set remained in the Orleans family for more than a century before going on public display

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2 w. ago Thieves raid California museum days before infamous Louvre heist in Paris

Police in California are investigating the theft of over 1,000 items from the Oakland Museum of California

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Five new suspects arrested in connection with Louvre robbery

Public prosecutor says arrests were made in and around Paris but suspects ‘did not help us find the stolen goods’Five new suspects have been arrested in connection with the Louvre robbery in Paris, in which thieves stole crown jewels worth an estimated €88m (£76m), the city’s public prosecutor has said, but the gems remain missing.Laure Beccuau told RTL radio on Thursday the arrests had been made on Wednesday night in the French capital and the surrounding area, particularly the neighbouring Seine-Saint-Denis department. But they “did not help us find the stolen goods”, she added. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 5 more arrests made in the investigation into Louvre jewel heist

The Paris prosecutor says five more people have been arrested in the investigation into the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre Museum

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2 w. ago The Grand Egyptian Museum showcasing 50,000 artifacts is finally opening

The Grand Egyptian Museum is finally nearing its grand opening after two decades of anticipation

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2 w. ago Louvre museum heist suspects arrested 'partially admit involvement'

Arrests were made on Saturday evening in connection with the heist at the Louvre.

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2 w. ago Two Louvre heist suspects ‘partially’ confess but crown jewels are still missing, Paris prosecutor says

French police acknowledged major gaps in the Louvre’s defenses earlier Wednesday

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Inside the investigation to find brazen thieves behind Louvre heist

More than 100 investigators are racing to solve the daring heist at the Louvre Museum

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3 w. ago At least two arrested over Louvre museum’s daylight diamond heist

A group of four thieves stole crown jewels from the Louvre last weekend

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