How thieves pulled off the heist of the decad...

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In just under 10 minutes on Sunday, thieves stole precious jewelry from the Louvre Museum in Paris after using a truck-mounted ladder to break into a second-floor window.

Catherine Porter, a New York Times international correspondent in the French capital, explains how t ...

The Louvre Museum in Paris was closed for 2 days as the police investigated a brazen heist which resulted in the theft of France's “priceless” crown jewels. Thieves wielding power tools broke into the world's most visited museum in broad daylight, before escaping on scooters with ...  Show more

The audacious heist at The Louvre has captured the world’s imagination after four men in construction vests pulled up in a stolen furniture truck in broad daylight and used an extending ladder to break in and raid display cases with disc cutters, taking off with France’s priceles ...  Show more

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