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Four further suspects arrested in Louvre heist probe
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on November 25, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on November 25, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
French police arrest four more suspects in the $102M Louvre jewel heist, raising security concerns at the world's most-visited museum.
PARIS (Reuters) -French police arrested four further suspects on Tuesday as part of the investigation into the audacious Louvre jewel heist last month, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement.
The suspects are two men aged 38 and 39 and two women aged 31 and 40, and were being interrogated by police, the statement said.
It did not disclose what role the four are suspected of playing in the daylight robbery, in which four thieves made off with jewels worth $102 million.
Four other people were arrested and placed under formal investigation on October 29 and November 1.
The Paris prosecutor had previously said the robbery appeared to be the work of small-time criminals rather than professional gangsters.
The heist raised doubts over the credibility of the world's most-visited museum as a guardian for its myriad works.
Two men parked a movers' lift outside the Louvre one Sunday morning last month. They rode up to the second storey, smashed a window, cracked open display cases with angle grinders, and then fled on the back of scooters driven by two accomplices in a heist lasting less than seven minutes.
So far, no trace has been found of the stolen jewels.
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon and Inti Landauro; Editing by Aidan Lewis)
A heist is a robbery or theft, typically involving the stealing of valuable items or money from a place, often executed with planning and precision.
A prosecutor is a legal representative of the state who brings charges against individuals accused of crimes, aiming to prove their guilt in court.
A daylight robbery refers to a theft that occurs during the day, often in public view, making it brazen and audacious.
A formal investigation is a systematic inquiry conducted by authorities to gather evidence and determine the facts surrounding a specific incident or crime.
Accomplices are individuals who assist or participate in the commission of a crime, helping the main perpetrator in executing the unlawful act.
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