Overview
- Police detained four suspects around the Stade Jean‑Bouin as they headed to a football match, marking the latest arrests linked to the October 19 theft.
- French authorities have now arrested seven people in total, with at least two suspects formally charged and placed in pretrial detention.
- Prosecutors say DNA links some detainees to a getaway scooter and to the smashed display cases in the Louvre’s Galerie d’Apollon.
- Culture Minister Rachida Dati announced urgent upgrades, including anti-intrusion and anti-theft devices by year’s end, a new security directorate, and mandatory guard training.
- The haul is valued at about €88 million, and while reports differ on whether eight or nine pieces were taken, none of the jewels have been recovered.