Overview
- Four people are now formally charged, including a 38-year-old woman remanded and a 37-year-old man suspected to be in the four-man commando, while three others detained this week were released without prosecution.
- The stolen haul of eight crown jewels valued at about €88 million remains missing nearly two weeks after the 19 October break-in carried out in under eight minutes using a truck-mounted lift.
- Investigators say DNA recovered from a broken display case, along with CCTV footage and phone data, links suspects to the scene despite defense arguments about possible secondary DNA transfer.
- Roughly a hundred investigators are mobilized and the OCBC is focusing on illicit markets where the jewels could be laundered or used in criminal negotiations rather than offered on the legal art market.
- An official inspection faulted chronic security shortcomings at the Louvre, and Culture Minister Rachida Dati ordered anti-ram and anti-intrusion barriers to be installed outside the museum before year-end.