Louvre thieves escaped 30 seconds before police arrived, probe finds

Dec 10, 2025 | INVESTING

The thieves who stole crown jewels from the Louvre in October evaded police with just 30 seconds to spare due to avoidable security failures at the Paris museum, a damning investigation revealed on Wednesday.
The investigation, ordered by the culture ministry after the embarrassing daylight heist, revealed that only one of two security cameras was working near the site where the intruders broke in on the morning of Sunday, October 19.
Agents in the security control room did not have enough…

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