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Louvre transfers jewels to Bank of France after heist, RTL reports
- A daylight heist at the Louvre saw thieves steal eight precious pieces valued at $102 million by smashing an upstairs window during opening hours on October 19, 2025.
- On Wednesday, Nunez said `There was a burglary at the Louvre, some of the most precious jewels in France were stolen`, as Dati launched an inquiry and the museum reopened.
- Louvre transferred key items to the Bank of France after the daylight heist, moving jewels from the Apollo gallery on Friday under secret police escort, RTL reported.
- The robbery reverberated worldwide and prompted soul-searching in France over what some viewed as a national humiliation, while the Louvre and the Bank of France did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
- The Louvre museum, the world's most visited with 8.7 million visitors last year, holds cultural prominence as Pierre Moscovici said budget cuts did not cause its security issues.
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Louvre heist exposes security flaw
In just seven minutes, rare jewelry worth tens of millions of euros vanished from the Louvre Museum in Paris. Four burglars entered through a second-floor window, smashed two display cases in the Apollo Gallery, and escaped while security staff and visitors had no idea what was happening. No digital breach, no mysterious hacker, no sophisticated technology. Just a crane, a window, and audacity. But behind the criminal incident lies a management …
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Louvre transfers jewels to Bank of France after heist, RTL reports
The Louvre has transferred some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France, according to French radio RTL, after an audacious daylight heist last week exposed the famed museum's security vulnerability.
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