Overview
- Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced five new detentions across the Paris region, including a suspect identified through DNA, after two earlier arrests.
- Investigators say at least three of the four alleged participants in the theft are now in custody, while one scooter driver remains at large.
- The first two men arrested, aged 34 and 39, made partial admissions and face inquiries for organized theft and association to commit crime, offenses carrying potential sentences of up to 15 and 10 years.
- Authorities report no evidence of insider complicity at the museum but continue to examine a wider network and a possible commissioner, as Interpol circulates images of the stolen pieces.
- The eight Napoleonic jewels, valued by the Louvre at about €88 million, remain missing despite searches; arrests included one suspect stopped at Roissy airport and another taken outside a Paris FC match.