Overview
- The gallery targeted in Sunday’s theft remains closed, while the rest of the museum reopened to visitors on Wednesday morning.
- Paris prosecutors say the probe is led by the JIRS and the BRB, with OCBC support and Europol coordination, and forensic work is underway on tools, clothing and the rented lift-truck obtained via a sham move.
- The museum’s conservator put the economic loss at €88 million, a figure prosecutors relayed while stressing the incalculable patrimonial damage and noting the state self-insures permanent collections.
- Four suspects captured on CCTV have not been arrested; investigators fear the jewels could be dismantled for resale, and police tracked the getaway route toward the A6.
- Security practices face competing accounts, with the ministry saying alarms triggered while police sources cite a faulty window sensor; an administrative inquiry and a nationwide inventory of prized holdings are ordered, with submissions due by November 14.