A timeline of jewel heist at Louvre in Paris
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A 24-year-old woman was arrested in Barcelona over the break-in and theft of gold worth more than $1 million, the Paris prosecutor said.
A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the September theft of gold worth more than €1.5 million from the Natural History Museum in Paris, one of several recent break-ins targeting high-profile French cultural institutions,
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.
A month before an audacious jewelry heist struck the Louvre Museum, Paris' Natural History Museum saw nearly six kilograms of gold stolen. On Tuesday, a Chinese woman was arrested and charged with the theft.
At the time of the suspect's arrest, she was attempting to dispose of nearly 2.2 pounds of melted gold pieces.
The Louvre in Paris was robbed of priceless jewels in a flawless heist. The theft joins a historic list of museum robberies around the world.
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