October 31, 2025

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October 30, 2025

Breakthrough in Louvre Crown Jewels Theft: Five New Arrests

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  Ten days after the theft at the Louvre robbery, during a brief news conference Paris prosecutor, Laure Beccuau, released a statement yeste...
October 26, 2025

Two Suspects Arrested in Connection with the Louvre Museum Jewel Heist

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One week after the dramatic 19 October 2025 jewel heist at the Louvre Museum, French investigators have reportedly identified suspects throu...
October 25, 2025

Balancing Beauty and Risk: The Challenge of Museum Security in Historic Buildings

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An investigator checking a window for fingerprints after the theft of the Star of India, a 563-carat sapphire the size of a golf ball and ot...
October 24, 2025

When a stolen Picasso turns out to not be a stolen Picasso

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The privately-owned Pablo Picasso painting, Still Life with Guitar (1919), which purportedly had vanished en route from Madrid or after its ...
October 22, 2025

Beyond the “Dr. No” Myth: Rethinking Who Steals from Museums like the Louvre and Why

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In the 1962 film, "Dr No", James Bond spots the actually stolen "Portrait of the Duke of Wellington" by Francisco Goya i...
October 21, 2025

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The Association for Research into Crimes against Art is thrilled to announce that applications are now open for its 2026 Postgraduate Certif...

France's Louvre museum is not the only museum which has been robbed of its gold and jewel finery, here are 33 others involving all that glitters

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Sunday's Musée du Louvre heist has captivated global attention as an example of a spectacular daylight raid on one of the world’s most v...
October 20, 2025

The Aboutaam Brothers, Phoenix Ancient Art, and the Hidden Routes of Italy’s Lost Antiquities

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Phoenix Ancient Art - BRAFA 2019  With a precautionary seizure order, filed by the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office, led by Prosecutor St...
October 19, 2025

Jewel Heist at the Musée du Louvre

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The Crown Jewels Display Cases Room 705, Denon Wing, Level 1 Image Credit Musée du Louvre As reported by France's interior minister Laur...