Overview
- Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said more than 150 DNA, fingerprint and other traces were collected, with lab results expected in the coming days.
- Authorities report that museum and external cameras, along with widely shared footage, have helped trace the perpetrators’ route in Paris and nearby departments.
- Roughly 100 investigators are assigned to the case, and police are searching for four thieves who used a stolen truck‑mounted lift to enter and then fled on scooters.
- The Empress Eugénie crown was recovered at the scene with damage considered potentially restorable, while the remaining pieces valued at about €88 million are still missing.
- Louvre leadership acknowledged a surveillance blind spot on the Galerie Apollon’s east balcony; President Emmanuel Macron ordered accelerated security upgrades and UNESCO condemned the theft.