On October 19th, 2025, a group of people snuck into the Louvre and stole eight pieces of the French Crown Jewels in broad daylight. The robbery was done in less than 10 minutes, but over 80 million ...

Suspects have been caught, but the loot has disappeared. In police circles, there is talk of "cursed jewelry". Where do the ...

Alleged thieves in October 2025 robbery damaged a gem-encrusted crown worn in the 19th century by Empress Eugénie Two men suspected of making off with €88m (£75m) worth of crown jewels from the Louvre ...

French filmmaker Romain Gavras is adapting the Louvre heist for the screen, drawing on an investigative book by journalists from Le Monde, Le Parisien and Paris Match that is due out Wednesday.

The Louvre is strengthening its security following last year's theft of French crown jewels, with the museum's new director, ...

New director Christophe Leribault is on a fundraising push while seeking to turn the page after the theft of historic crown ...

FOUR paintings. $10 million. Five minutes. The Musée Renoir snatch-and-grab on September 8 punctuates the rise in art heists across Europe, a trend that dates back to last October’s dramatic daylight ...

Previously unseen photos published by the Louvre Museum show the condition of Empress Eugénie's crown, which was found deformed after being abandoned by thieves during the heist on October 19, 2025.

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 Thieves stole about $102 million worth of crown jewels in broad daylight nine months ago. LOU BENOIST/via REUTERS The Louvre Museum reopened its Apollo ...

PARIS -- Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday for strikes to protest their work conditions, a ticket-price hike for non-European visitors and security weaknesses that a brazen daylight theft of ...

PARIS and LONDON -- Nobody was monitoring the live feed. As masked men hacked a hole in a window at the Louvre Museum in Paris in October, a security camera inside the targeted Apollo Gallery was ...

The Louvre heist has thrown a harsh spotlight on security at museums across France. In July, the culture ministry published a plan with 33 proposed measures, including mapping out the most vulnerable ...