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Gold, Gems and Renoirs: France's Museums Grapple with a Wave of Smash-and-Grab Thefts
Europol says 10 museum burglaries hit French and European institutions this summer, with 8 involving jewelry, coins or antique objects that can be melted down.
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Gold, gems and Renoirs: France's museums grapple with a wave of thefts
PARIS — At a museum in eastern France, two men disguised with wigs used a sledgehammer and a hammer to smash a display case and make off with a 2,500-year-old gold necklace. The heist took under four minutes. In a smash-and-grab at another French museum, three masked robbers stole 27 pieces of jewelry valued at more than 4.5 million euros ($5.2 million), busting through two doors to break in. Those thefts took place in July. This week, thieves s…
·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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In a museum in eastern France, two men dressed in wigs used a mallet and a hammer to smash a showcase and run away with a 2,500-year-old gold necklace. The robbery lasted less than four years.
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right1Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Left, 43% Center
Bias Distribution
- 43% of the sources lean Left, 43% of the sources are Center
43% Center
L 43%
C 43%
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