Overview
- TF1 and France Télévisions broadcast surveillance images showing two masked thieves breaking display cases and grabbing jewels in under four minutes.
- Three months after the October 19 theft, the trove valued at about €88 million remains missing despite four suspects in custody and a fifth under judicial control.
- Investigating judges began questioning the detained men in mid‑January, and prosecutors say the sessions have not produced new clues to the jewels’ whereabouts.
- Forensic evidence linked suspects to the scene through DNA on the stolen lift and inside vitrines, and the Empress Eugénie crown was recovered nearby in damaged condition.
- The thieves posed as workers using a nacelle and yellow vests, and the museum faces sustained scrutiny over security failings highlighted by prior audits and staff protests.