How thieves robbed the Louvre in just 7 minutes: A minute-by-minute breakdown of the daring heist

Seven minutes is all it took for thieves to rob the world’s most famous museum Sunday. Here's a minute-by-minute breakdown of how it went down.

A Brief History of Heists at the Louvre

From the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 to the French Crown Jewels heist this past weekend, the Parisian museum has seen some audacious crimes over the decades.

America’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief Blasts Louvre Robbers, Reveals Disturbing Smuggling Trick

The Louvre robbers may have smuggled stolen jewels by shoving them in their bodies back door, according to America’s most infamous jewel thief Larry Lawton. Larry shared his two cents after four thieves stole $102 million worth of jewels from the Louvre Museum on Sunday,

Louvre robbery the latest in decades of daring art thievery

The theft of priceless jewels from the Louvre in daylight has sent shockwaves through France, but the country is far from the first to be stung by art thieves.
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Louvre Closed After Thieves Steal ‘Priceless’ Jewels in Brazen Daylight Robbery

Masked thieves steal “priceless” jewels from the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in a daring daylight robbery, forcing the museum’s sudden closure Sunday.

This isn't the Louvre's first high-profile heist. Here's a history of earlier thefts

Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre on Sunday morning. The Paris museum has suffered a string of successful art heists, dating back to the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911.

Surveillance Camera Pointed the Wrong Way Allowed Louvre Heist

Officials say an outdated surveillance system left the world-famous museum in Paris vulnerable despite years of warnings.

Beware, listing of Louvre heist jewels on Russian classifieds site is a 'prank'

French investigators continued to search for eight stolen items after unidentified thieves carried out a daring daytime heist at the Louvre.

Video captures Louvre jewel thieves emerging from museum in a cherry picker

A dramatic video has surfaced, capturing two of the thieves wanted in the brazen $102 million jewel heist at the Louvre exiting the crime scene on a mobile cherry picker and fleeing on motorbikes with the loot.
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