US EditionTwo new suspects handed preliminary charges in Louvre jewels heist case, Paris prosecutor says
- On October 19, masked thieves raided the Louvre museum, stealing jewels valued at $102 million in broad daylight within seven minutes.
- Historic regalia taken included eight objects: tiaras, necklaces, brooches linked to 19th-century queens and an emerald-and-diamond necklace given by Napoleon I to Empress Marie-Louise plus Empress Eugenie's diadem with nearly 2,000 diamonds.
- Police initially arrested two suspects and this week detained five more, bringing the total detained to seven suspects, while two earlier suspects, men aged 34 and 39 from Aubervilliers, were charged after partially admitting involvement, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said.
- DNA evidence tied a 34-year-old Algerian national to the getaway scooter and one suspect was stopped at Charles-de-Gaulle airport; one arrested this week was released Friday, lawyers Sofia Bougrine and Noemie Gorin said, with defence lawyer Bougrine calling the arrests `waves of drift nets`.
- Investigators have analysed roughly 150 forensic samples with about 100 investigators involved, sealing 189 items as evidence while officials confirm major security gaps and unrecovered jewels.
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Investigation continues in Louvre Museum; jewels still unrecovered
Yesterday, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau confirmed the indictment of two more people, bringing the total to four (three men and one woman) of those brought before the courts out of the seven arrested in the investigation, which involves more than one hundred investigators and has attracted attention in France and around the world. In a statement, the magistrate also noted the release of three individuals arrested last Wednesday, in a veritable …
The Paris prosecutor announced that two of the persons charged with the theft of jewellery at the Louvre had been convicted in 2015 for a robbery.
Sunday, November 2, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau revealed that two of the four suspects charged for the burglary of the Louvre knew each other.
On Saturday, 2 new persons were charged as part of the investigation into the burglary of the Louvre Museum, bringing to 4 the number of people in prison. The public prosecutor gave more details on the profile of the suspects. Already convicted for theft, as a couple, inhabitants of Seine-Saint-Denis... Here is what we know about them. - Casse at the Louvre Museum: what do we know about the 4 people charged? (Police, justice and other facts).
Two new suspects are charged in Louvre jewels heist case
PARIS — The Paris prosecutor said Saturday two new suspects were handed preliminary charges for their alleged involvement in the crown jewels heist at the Louvre museum, three days after they were arrested by police in the sweeping investigation.
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