Overview
- TF1’s Sept à Huit broadcast previously unseen surveillance video showing masked thieves using a lift and a grinder to smash display cases and seize jewels, including Eugénie’s diadem, within minutes.
- Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau says questioning of the suspects this week produced no actionable information to locate the Crown Jewels.
- Investigators maintain art‑market alerts at home and abroad but report no indication the haul crossed France’s borders, keeping the focus on national leads.
- Four alleged members of the commando are charged and in custody and a presumed female accomplice remains under judicial control, with identifications linked to DNA traces and scooter surveillance.
- The robbery spotlighted long‑warned security lapses at the Louvre, triggering emergency measures and staff strikes in December as the museum addresses internal failings.