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Louvre thieves evaded police with 30 seconds to spare, investigation finds

10 December 2025 at 07:49

Report found avoidable security failures including broken CCTV and lack of coordination at museum, hearing told

The thieves who stole crown jewels from the Louvre in October evaded police with just 30 seconds to spare due to avoidable security failures at the Paris museum, a damning investigation has revealed.

The investigation, ordered by the culture ministry after the embarrassing daylight heist, revealed that only one of two security cameras was working near the site where the intruders broke in on the morning of Sunday 19 October.

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ยฉ Photograph: Jeanne Accorsini/SIPA/Shutterstock

ยฉ Photograph: Jeanne Accorsini/SIPA/Shutterstock

ยฉ Photograph: Jeanne Accorsini/SIPA/Shutterstock

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