Overview
- French police are conducting an intensive search for the perpetrators and the stolen jewels following the Louvre robbery.
- The intruders reportedly posed as construction workers, used a hydraulic ladder, and climbed through an upper-floor window during opening hours.
- Security specialists say the operation lasted roughly four to seven minutes, exceeding typical museum resistance times designed to allow a three-to-five-minute police response.
- The Deutscher Museumsbund says German institutions are updating risk analyses as experts warn of a shift toward faster, more violent, commodity-driven thefts.
- Coverage compares the Paris raid to Dresden’s 2019 Green Vault heist, and reports note an attempted burning of a getaway vehicle was prevented and that a brooch once worn by Louis XIV was among the stolen pieces.