US EditionLouvre heist was inside job, detectives believe
Police suspect inside help in the Louvre heist; over 150 DNA samples collected and Israeli firm CGI Group enlisted for the investigation, officials said.
- On Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, thieves stole $157 million of artefacts from the Louvre Museum, Paris, using a freight lift to breach a second-storey window.
- Earlier this week, Laurence des Cars told a French Senate Committee that "Unfortunately, on the Apollo gallery side, the only camera installed faces west and therefore does not cover the balcony affected by the break-in" amid a widescale security overhaul at the Louvre.
- More than 150 forensic samples were taken, while over 100 detectives from the Banditism Repression Brigade of the Judicial Police and the Central Office for Combating Trafficking in Cultural Property are investigating the case.
- On Friday the museum moved key items to the Bank of France under secret police escort, while CGI Group, Israeli intelligence firm, assists amid expert warnings the jewels may be broken up or abroad.
- Paris prosecutors say they are exploring all theories, including potential internal complicity at the Louvre, and Laure Beccuau urged swift arrests to recover jewels before they are altered, while police investigators expect leads in coming days.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Louvre heist was inside job, detectives believe
Sources close to the investigation claim that digital forensic evidence shows a member of security was in contact before the heist with individuals thought to be the perpetrators.
New York Post
DailyTruthReportLouvre heist being investigated as inside job with security guard eyed in landmark robbery: report
French detectives announced that there is digital forensic evidence indicating that a security guard at the Louvre was in contact with the suspected thieves prior to the heist which has rocked France, the Telegraph reported.
One source revealed that there is "the evidence that a member of the museum's security team was in contact with" the robbers, providing information on the museum's security system.
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