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Robbery at the Louvre: The two arrested men were taken into custody – The jewellery disappeared
The authorities were able to identify the perpetrators thanks to DNA traces - a 34-year-old French-Algerian and a 39-year-old French man
The biggest museum robberies…before the Louvre – Which masterpieces are still missing (photos)
Louvre, Dresden, Rotterdam, Boston, Palermo: Hits with surgical precision and cinematic imagination - Rembrandt, Vermeer, Picasso, Degas, Caravaggio, Matisse, and 4,300 diamonds stolen and yet to be found
France: Louvre break-in threatens ‘fundamental mission’ of museums, say heads of 57 museums around the world
“With this theft, all museums are under attack in their most fundamental mission: to share humanity’s common heritage with the greatest possible number of people,” write the directors of 57 major international museums
How safe are museums in Greece – Directors and archaeologists answer
"The Louvre should realize the necessity of restoring the Parthenon sculptures" said the director general of the Acropolis Museum
Robbery at the Louvre: DNA and fingerprints from the perpetrators’ tools are being analysed – ‘Little hope’ of recovering the jewellery
Five days after the robbery that shocked France, the Paris prosecutor said she held out "little hope" that the jewellery could be recovered and expressed "optimism" about the progress of the investigation
Hollywood-style heist at the Louvre: How Imperial Jewels were stolen in just 7 minutes — While the Museum was open
The thieves struck with cinematic precision, slicing open display cases with a portable power saw and vanishing with jewels of immeasurable value — all while hundreds of visitors strolled through the museum’s galleries
