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fromThe Local France
2 weeks ago

Paris prosecutor announces four more arrests over Louvre heist

The thieves parked a moving truck with a ladder below the museum's Apollo Gallery housing the French crown jewels, ascended in a bucket, broke a window and used angle grinders to cut into glass display booths containing the treasures. Four people have already been arrested and charged over the theft - three men and a woman. One of those men, a 37-year-old, was in a couple with the woman and they have children, Beccuau said earlier this month.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Thieves steal more than 1,000 items from Oakland museum in brazen' heist

Over 1,000 items, including Native American baskets, ivory carvings, daguerreotypes, jewelry and laptops, were stolen from the Oakland Museum's off-site storage in mid-October.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Bronze age gold jewellery stolen in raid on St Fagans museum in Cardiff

Bronze Age gold jewellery was stolen from St Fagans National Museum of History's Wales is gallery in a targeted burglary; an investigation is ongoing.
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