5 Arrested in Daring $102 Million Louvre Jewel Heist
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French authorities have arrested two suspects in the $102 million Louvre Museum crown jewel heist, but the stolen royal artifacts remain missing.
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Louvre heist highlights thorny issue for museums: How to secure art without becoming fortresses
Many museums began reassessing security after the jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris. Some were also reflecting on the inherent tension in the task of securing art.
A "chronic, structural underestimation of the risk of intrusions and theft" left the Louvre exposed for over 20 years to the kind of heist the museum experienced this month, French culture minister Rachida Dati said on Friday.
Jesse Eisenberg recently shared some praise for the Louvre heist thieves, saying they did a “good job.” The actor recently made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to promote his upcoming film,
Those items and roughly 1,000 others disappeared on Oct. 15 in an overnight burglary of an off-site storage facility belonging to the Oakland Museum of California.
The men who stole France’s crown jewels cut corners—mistakes that led authorities to track down three suspected thieves.
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French minister vows Louvre anti-intrusion devices after post-heist report finds security lapses
France's culture minister says that the Louvre will install streetside anti-ramming and anti-intrusion devices in the next two months.
The cinematic quality of the recent Louvre art heist in Paris generated international attention. Find out which local museums appear in a new U.S. study, "Top 10 Museums Most Vulnerable to a Heist."