Overview
- Louvre director Laurence des Cars told lawmakers the thieves opened Apollo Gallery vitrines with electric angle grinders, a threat the 2019 cases were not built to counter.
- A mobile police post is being arranged with state ministries, and 100 additional surveillance cameras are slated for installation by year’s end.
- The museum will appoint a security coordinator this month and will introduce perimeter barriers from December to prevent vehicle parking near the site.
- Authorities have opened proceedings against three suspected participants and a woman accused of aiding the burglary, and the stolen jewels remain missing.
- Separately, one gallery was recently closed after unstable beams were found, and 65 employees were relocated while structural checks continue.