Overview
- Police detained two men, including one stopped at Charles-de-Gaulle airport as he tried to leave France, with both now in BRB custody for questioning for up to 96 hours.
- The haul, valued at roughly €88 million (about $102 million), remains largely missing, while Empress Eugénie’s crown was recovered at the scene in damaged condition.
- Prosecutors report more than 150 DNA, fingerprint and other trace samples collected, and say video networks have mapped the suspects’ route across Paris and neighboring departments.
- In a protective move, the Louvre transferred its most valuable remaining jewels to the Banque de France’s underground vaults under police escort.
- Louvre leaders told a Senate panel that outdated exterior cameras failed to cover the Galerie d’Apollon balcony used by the thieves, and urgent security upgrades costed in the tens of millions are being prepared as authorities warn intact recovery grows harder over time.