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French authorities are under growing scrutiny about whether security failings allowed four thieves to steal royal jewelry worth over $100 million.
The director of the Louvre acknowledged on Wednesday a ″terrible failure″ at the Paris monument after a stunning daylight crown jewel heist at the world's most-visited museum but said her offer to resign was refused.
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How Louvre burglars obtained truck-mounted lift to make off with jewels worth more than $100M
Thieves used a stolen truck-mounted moving lift to scale the Louvre and steal royal jewels worth over $100 million in a lightning-fast Paris heist.
Paris' Louvre Museum. On the morning of Oct. 19, the robbers shattered a window and stole eight pieces of "priceless" jewelry from the world’s most-visited museum, before escaping on motorbikes,
In 1962, the Countess of Paris attended the wedding of fellow European royalty in Queen Marie-Amélie’s sapphires—which were snatched in what has become one of the worst thefts of its kind.