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Louvre Reopens After €88 Million Jewel Heist as Manhunt Expands
- On Wednesday, the Louvre Museum in Paris reopened three days after a Sunday heist stole eight crown jewels worth about 88 million euros, including pieces tied to Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Eugénie.
- Security reviews found gaps after investigators detailed how the four masked thieves used a freight lift, mechanical ladders, and a battery-powered disc cutter, then fled on motorbikes while one in three rooms lacked CCTV.
- Investigators say they have identified four people at the scene, roughly 100 investigators are mapping the crew, and one damaged emerald-set imperial crown of Empress Eugénie was found outside the museum.
- Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said `We have failed`, and the government is rolling out a new command post with an expanded camera grid as Laurence des Cars, president-director of the Louvre, appears before the French Senate's culture committee Wednesday.
- Unions representing museum staff point to overcrowding and chronic understaffing, including a June staff walkout, while some officials compared the theft to the Notre-Dame fire, prompting a national reckoning over the 33,000-object collection.
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Two members of the gang of criminals who are protagonists of the raid escape using the platform of the elevator
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More and more details are emerging about the Louvre's "heist of the century," in which thieves managed to steal eight exceptional crown jewels, worth an estimated 88 million euros, in less than four minutes.
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