Police Make 5 New Arrests in Louvre Heist
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French minister vows Louvre anti-intrusion devices after post-heist report finds security lapses
The Louvre will install streetside anti-ramming and anti-intrusion devices in the next two months, France's culture minister said Friday, after facing pressure following the Oct. 19 heist of crown jewels at the museum.
Days after eight pieces of the French crown jewels were stolen from the Louvre, a former bank robber who once toured the now-infamous Apollo Gallery for a Louvre podcast says he warned a museum official of weaknesses in security.
The cinematic quality of the recent Louvre art heist in Paris generated international attention. Find out which local museums appear in a new U.S. study, "Top 10 Museums Most Vulnerable to a Heist."
Authorities said three of the four alleged members of the “commando” team, as French media have dubbed the robbers, are now in custody.
The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty Crown Jewels — long admired at home, little known abroad — to global fame. One week on, the country is still wounded by the breach to its national heritage — even as authorities Sunday announced arrests tied to the haul.
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.