Thieves steal 'priceless' jewelry from The Louvre
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From the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 to the French Crown Jewels heist this past weekend, the Parisian museum has seen some audacious crimes over the decades.
The robbery at the Louvre may go down as one of the most audacious thefts in modern history, both due to the thieves' apparent planning and security failures at the museum
It took just eight minutes. Thieves broke into the Louvre in broad daylight on Sunday and made off with jewelry said to be of “incalculable” worth, all while visitors and staff members were going about their business in one of the world’s most famous museums.
The heist at the Louvre in Paris has shocked the art world, though such spectacular thefts have a long tradition. What drove the perpetrators, and where might the loot end up?