Overview
- French police have detained four people, including an alleged accomplice, while three men suspected of the break‑in face gang‑theft and criminal‑association charges.
- Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau says the detainees are small‑time thieves with prior theft convictions, not members of a highly professional crew.
- DNA traces link suspects to the freight elevator used to enter, a getaway scooter, a smashed display case, and items left inside the museum.
- One suspected burglar remains at large as investigators track black‑market leads and possible cross‑border movement or barter of the jewels.
- The October 19 theft unfolded within minutes during opening hours using power tools, and audits have spotlighted long‑standing vulnerabilities, including a 2014 finding that a surveillance password was “Louvre.”