The thieves who brazenly robbed theLouvre Museum in Paris andstole priceless jewelryin one of the most daring museum heists in recent memory may have been hired by a private collector, officials said. While authorities are still trying to identify the burglars, prosecutors said on Monday that a bottle of liquid …
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A Chinese woman was indicted by a judge in Paris for allegedly stealing nearly $2 million worth of gold nuggets from the city’s National Museum of Natural History, including items dating back to the California gold rush. The Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday that the 24-year-old suspect was charged …
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Sometimes you get assigned stories that are different enough to make even veteran journalists raise their eyebrows. Sunday’s jewel heist at the Louvre in Paris is definitely one of them. Four guys, using a cherry picker truck to scale the side of the museum, break through a second-floor window, scoop …
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The thieves behind the daring Louvre Museum heist in Paris, France, appear to have used a truck-mounted moving lift — the kind professional movers use to hoist furniture up to apartment windows — in order to scale the building’s second floor, according to Laure Beccuau, the Paris prosecutor. The burglars …
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