A timeline of jewel heist at Louvre in Paris
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Ever since a daring jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris on Oct. 19, the internet has turned into a global detective agency — with people everywhere trying to crack the case. Now, a photo of a man at
The Louvre Museum heist was a classic case of German efficiency. That at least is how a German freight lift manufacturer jokingly portrayed it in an ad.
Elaine Sciolino, former Paris bureau chief of the The New York Times, discusses the painful irony at the heart of Sunday’s grand theft.
"If you're in a hurry," read the caption on the post next to a photo of the company's lift propped outside the Louvre.
Authorities were racing Monday to reassure the public about security at key cultural sites — and find the jewels stolen from the museum before they can be broken up and melted down.
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Louvre Robbed, Then THIS: France Stunned as Maison des Lumières Museum Looted in Back-to-Back Heists
France is reeling after not one, but two back-to-back museum heists shook the nation! Just hours after the daring $1M Louvre robbery, another French cultural site, the Maison des Lumières, was looted of 2,
The precious artifacts snatched from Paris’s Louvre Museum on Sunday include an emerald necklace gifted by Napoleon to his second wife and other priceless crown jewels.
The French crown jewels robbed from the Louvre museum in Paris are likely lost forever, an art crime expert tells CBS News, even if the thieves are caught.
A prosecutor in France has said the financial loss from a robbery at the Louvre museum is estimated at €88 million.