Minutes after the world’s most-visited museum, The Louvre, opened its doors, thieves carried out a daylight heist, stealing ...
Experts say jewels stolen in heists from the iconic Parisian museum are hard to recover, as they are broken down.
Museum security concerns rise after the latest Louvre robbery, as experts recall other major art thefts, including the ...
The Louvre remained closed Monday, a day after historic jewels were stolen from the world's most-visited museum in a daring ...
It was the Monday morning of August 21, 1911, the weekly closure day of the Louvre during the summer holidays, when an Italian mason named Vincenzo Peruggia carried out the most astounding art heist ...
Cultural institutions are seen as “soft targets,” experts say, as thieves shift from stealing prized paintings, to artifacts that can be dismantled, stripped or melted down for their expensive parts.
French police are desperate to retrieve priceless jewels stolen from the Louvre in a brazen daylight robbery, but experts ...
Museum heists, particularly ones involving historic and valuable items, have shocked the world and inspired mystery and ...