Overview
- Paris prosecutors say more than 150 DNA, fingerprint, and other traces were collected and surveillance footage has mapped the suspects’ route across Paris, with no arrests announced.
- Louvre director Laurence des Cars told senators the balcony the thieves used had no camera coverage, exposing a critical blind spot now driving security reviews.
- RTL reports the museum moved its most valuable jewels to the Bank of France under escort, though neither the Louvre nor the Bank has issued an official statement.
- Authorities and media accounts describe four perpetrators using a stolen Böcker Agilo lift to reach a window, break display cases with power tools, and flee on scooters in roughly seven to eight minutes.
- Empress Eugénie’s crown was found at the scene in damaged condition, and experts warn the remaining Napoleonic and royal pieces risk being dismantled, complicating recovery.