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The investigation suggests that the thieves obtained confidential data about the Louvre
Photo: Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images
About this informs The Telegraph, citing sources close to the investigation.
According to the latter, forensic digital evidence shows that a Louvre security guard was in contact with the alleged criminals before the robbery. It is believed that the robbers were given confidential information about the museum’s security system before the attack.
As a reminder, October 19 is unknown robbed the most famous art museum in Paris is the Louvre. The thieves pretended to be repairmen and broke into the institution in a truck. In seven minutes, they stole nine jewels of the French royal family, one of which later found not far from the crime scene.
Damages from the crime are estimated at 88 million euros.
More than a hundred detectives are involved in the investigation of the crime. Earlier, the director of the Louvre, Loras de Carles, told a committee of the French Senate that no security cameras were monitoring the second-floor balcony from where the thieves gained access to the museum.
After the robbery, some jewels transported to the Bank of France, where they are kept together with the country’s gold reserves in a huge vault at a depth of more than 27 meters.
The prosecutor’s office said that more than 150 DNA samples were found in the museum, including on clothes left behind by the robbers.
“Obviously, we want to arrest the criminals as quickly as possible to get the jewelry back before the stones are removed and the metal is melted down.”– noted the law enforcement officers.
At the same time, experts are afraid that it is already too late to save the jewelry – the jewelry could have been damaged in time.
October 26 mass media reported about the detention of two people, probably involved in the robbery of the Louvre. One of them was arrested at Roissy airport, from where he was going to fly to Algeria. The second was detained in Saint-Denis.
Subsequently, Paris Prosecutor Laura Becqua statedwhich regrets the “hasty release of information” about the detention of alleged criminals.
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The investigation suggests that the thieves obtained confidential data about the Louvre
Photo: Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images
About this informs The Telegraph, citing sources close to the investigation.
According to the latter, forensic digital evidence shows that a Louvre security guard was in contact with the alleged criminals before the robbery. It is believed that the robbers were given confidential information about the museum’s security system before the attack.
As a reminder, October 19 is unknown robbed the most famous art museum in Paris is the Louvre. The thieves pretended to be repairmen and broke into the institution in a truck. In seven minutes, they stole nine jewels of the French royal family, one of which later found not far from the crime scene.
Damages from the crime are estimated at 88 million euros.
More than a hundred detectives are involved in the investigation of the crime. Earlier, the director of the Louvre, Loras de Carles, told a committee of the French Senate that no security cameras were monitoring the second-floor balcony from where the thieves gained access to the museum.
After the robbery, some jewels transported to the Bank of France, where they are kept together with the country’s gold reserves in a huge vault at a depth of more than 27 meters.
The prosecutor’s office said that more than 150 DNA samples were found in the museum, including on clothes left behind by the robbers.
“Obviously, we want to arrest the criminals as quickly as possible to get the jewelry back before the stones are removed and the metal is melted down.”– noted the law enforcement officers.
At the same time, experts are afraid that it is already too late to save the jewelry – the jewelry could have been damaged in time.
October 26 mass media reported about the detention of two people, probably involved in the robbery of the Louvre. One of them was arrested at Roissy airport, from where he was going to fly to Algeria. The second was detained in Saint-Denis.
Subsequently, Paris Prosecutor Laura Becqua statedwhich regrets the “hasty release of information” about the detention of alleged criminals.