Louvre jewel heist valued at $102 mn
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In that sense, the Louvre heist wasn’t really art crime, Vernon Rapley, a former leader of the London police force’s art squad, told my colleague Alex Marshall. It was “commodity theft.”
The French government will not be reimbursed for any losses related to the priceless jewels, according to experts.
Questions abound about how four thieves were able to make off with priceless, Napoleonic-era jewels — in broad daylight
PARIS (Reuters) -Thieves who staged a daring daylight heist at the Louvre museum in Paris made off with jewels worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102.63 million), Paris public prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Tuesday.
Manhunt underway for 4 suspects after heist of 'priceless' jewelry at Louvre in Paris. Among the jewelry taken in the brazen daytime heist was a pearl and diamond tiara from the c