Questions abound about how four thieves were able to make off with priceless, Napoleonic-era jewels — in broad daylight

The men who stole France’s crown jewels cut corners—mistakes that led authorities to track down three suspected thieves.

More than a week after thieves made off with treasures from the Louvre, a picture is emerging of a seemingly well-planned burglary that exploited security lapses at the museum and outpaced the police.

IT may have taken more than pure genius and a stroke of sheer luck to carry out a heist that is now at the centre of the world’s attention Investigators believe the brazen Louvre heist,

A worker at the Louvre tipped off the chainsaw-wielding thieves who boosted $100 million worth of France’s crown jewels, according to French detectives, who now believe the daring heist was an inside job.

The Louvre, in Paris, home to Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” was robbed by four thieves on Sunday morning in its Apollo Gallery, where some of France’s most prized jewels and other royal artifacts are displayed.