Overview
- Two suspects detained since the weekend face a 96‑hour custody cutoff late Wednesday, forcing prosecutors to charge, release, or seek a judge’s extension.
- Police Chief Patrice Faure said parts of the museum’s video network remain analog and a long‑planned €93 million overhaul will not be completed before 2029–2030.
- Faure disclosed the Louvre’s camera‑use authorization expired in July and that the first alert to police came from a passerby rather than museum alarms.
- None of the eight stolen crown‑jewel pieces has been recovered, and officials say the uninsured national treasures will bring no payout under France’s self‑insurance model.
- The BRB leads a 100‑plus‑agent probe using CCTV and roughly 150 DNA traces, as authorities list the items on Interpol’s database and the Louvre tightens security, including transfers to the Bank of France.