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Louvre director acknowledges failure

Louvre director acknowledges failure after jewel heist and says she offered to resign

“We have failed,” Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said, noting that the ability to plant a freight lift undetected on a public way projects “a very negative image of France.”

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$102M in jewels taken in Louvre heist, as museum director summoned by lawmakers

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Louvre director calls crown jewel heist a ‘terrible failure’ and offers resignation

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Paris prosecutor says stolen Louvre jewels worth an estimated US$102 million

The Paris prosecutor said Tuesday that crown jewels stolen in a dramatic weekend Louvre heist were worth an estimated 88 million euros (US$102 million), but that the monetary estimate doesn’t include...

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Louvre remains closed a day after daring theft of Napoleonic jewels

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The Search Is On for the Louvre Jewel Thieves. Here’s What We Know.

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Reopened Louvre licks its wounds after one of the biggest museum heists of the century

Authorities say the thieves spent less than four minutes inside the Louvre on Sunday morning: a freight lift was wheeled to the Seine-facing façade, a window was forced open and two vitrines were sma...

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Jewels Stolen From Louvre in Shocking Heist Worth More Than $100 Million: Prosecutor

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Stolen Louvre jewellery worth €88m, prosecutor says

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Louvre’s Lack of Enough Cameras Let Thieves Arrive Unnoticed, Director Says

French authorities are under growing scrutiny about whether security failings allowed four thieves to steal royal jewelry worth over $100 million.

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Where are the jewels? Stolen Louvre loot worth $102 million may be melted down.

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Expert says French crown jewels robbed from Louvre likely lost forever

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The Louvre’s crown jewel heist is now a race against time for authorities — and the brazen thieves

Each stolen piece — an emerald necklace and earrings, two crowns, two brooches, a sapphire necklace and a single earring — represents the pinnacle of 19th century “haute joaillerie,” or fine jewelry....

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National manhunt underway after jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris

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Thieves steal priceless French jewels from Louvre Museum in 4 minutes

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Louvre remains closed as French police hunt for thieves who stole crown jewels

The thieves stole parts of France’s crown jewel collection.

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The Louvre reopens three days after thieves took French crown jewels in a daylight heist at the Paris museum

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The Louvre reopens 3 days after thieves took French crown jewels in daylight heist

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Louvre reopens after latest in slew of spectacular thefts in France

The Louvre in Paris is open again, days after the spectacular robbery at the world-renowned museum, the latest in a series of robberies that has left visitors puzzling over empty cabinets and police in search of clues.

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How Louvre burglars obtained truck-mounted lift to make off with jewels worth more than $100M

Thieves used a stolen truck-mounted moving lift to scale the Louvre and steal royal jewels worth over $100 million in a lightning-fast Paris heist.

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Police intensify hunt for Louvre thieves as France reels from jewel heist

Authorities raced against the clock Tuesday as experts in art security told NBC News it could already be too late to recover the jewels.

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Louvre robbery the latest in decades of daring art thievery

The theft of priceless jewels from the Louvre in daylight has sent shockwaves through France, but the country is far from the first to be stung by art thieves.

French broadcaster obtains video purporting to show Louvre theft taking place

French broadcaster BFMTV acquired a video which purports to show thieves during their heist of priceless jewels from the Louvre's Apollo Gallery.

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A daylight heist and a national 'humiliation': How 7 minutes at the Louvre stunned France

Authorities were racing Monday to reassure the public about security at key cultural sites — and find the jewels stolen from the museum before they can be broken up and melted down.

Former FBI art crime investigator examines Louvre jewel heist

Police are searching for thieves who stole eight pieces of "royal jewelry" from France's Louvre museum. Robert Wittman, former senior investigator and founder of the FBI's National Art Crime Team, joins CBS News to examine the case.