US EditionLouvre director acknowledges failure after jewel heist and says she offered to resign
- Following the theft, senators confronted Laurence des Cars, President of the Louvre Museum, on October 22, 2025, over how thieves stole 88 million in jewels in seven minutes.
- Security officials say surveillance of the Louvre's outside walls lacked adequate coverage, while Laurence des Cars defended the €80 million security plan despite 'persistent delays.'
- Investigators say the thieves took eight pieces, including an emerald-and-diamond necklace and Empress Eugénie's diadem, while more than 100 investigators have been mobilized, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said.
- Emmanuel Macron, French President, ordered 'speeding up' security measures as the museum reopened, while Laurence des Cars said she tendered her resignation Sunday but the culture ministry refused it, adding `Despite our efforts, despite our hard work on a daily basis, we failed`.
- The Louvre's global prominence—it welcomed nine million visitors last year—has renewed scrutiny of security at French museums and intensified national scrutiny.
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Jewels worth an estimated EUR 88 million - the director of the Louvre in Paris has now assumed responsibility for their theft. The museum was not well supervised outside, but it was also not a "fortress".
The director of the Louvre museum admitted on Wednesday that there was insufficient coverage of security cameras on the exterior walls, answering questions after the theft of more than $100 million worth of jewelry. "There are some perimeter cameras, but they are getting old," Laurence des Cars told senators after Sunday's midday robbery, foreign media write, reports Telegraph. The coverage "is very insufficient," she admitted. "It is clear that…
After the theft of precious jewels in the Louvre, director Laurence des Cars wanted to resign. France's Minister of Culture refused.
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