New surveillance video shows Louvre jewel heist in action
The video shows burglars slicing into display cases under the eyes of several Louvre Museum staff members who do not intervene.
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The video shows burglars slicing into display cases under the eyes of several Louvre Museum staff members who do not intervene.
Maintenance workers secured metal bars over the window thieves used to break into the Louvre in October.
Paris' Louvre Museum partially reopened Wednesday despite workers voting to extend a strike that began Monday. CBS News' Haley Ott has the latest.
Weeks after the brazen robbery of crown jewels, Paris' Louvre saw hundreds of works in its Egypt section damaged by water from a leaky old heating system.
The 39-year-old man has six previous convictions and has now been handed preliminary charges of robbery by an organized gang.
Four more people were arrested in the probe into the spectacular daylight heist of imperial jewels from the Louvre Museum, French authorities said.
Four more people were arrested in relation to the Louvre jewel heist on Oct. 19, a Paris prosecutor announced Tuesday. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul has the latest.
100 new security cameras and unspecified anti-intrusion systems will be among the "emergency measures" implemented at Paris' iconic Louvre Museum.
A 38-year-old woman has been charged with complicity in organized theft and criminal conspiracy with a view to committing a crime.
Five more people have been arrested in the investigation into the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre Museum, but the treasures remain missing, authorities say.
Police have arrested five more suspects in the robbery of the crown jewels from Paris' Louvre Museum. CBS News' Holly Williams reports.
Ten days after the brazen robbery of the Louvre Museum in Paris, a prosecutor says there's no sign of the missing jewels, and still only two people in custody.
Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal jewels valued at $102 million last Sunday morning from Paris' famous Louvre museum.
French news outlets are reporting that two men have been arrested in the jewelry heist at the Louvre -- one as he was attempting to leave the country. Holly Williams has the latest on the investigation.
At least two suspects were arrested in connection with the Louvre jewel heist, Paris prosecutors announced on Sunday. One of the suspects was reportedly arrested at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport while trying to leave the country. CBS News foreign correspondent Holly Williams has the latest.
Several suspects are in custody one week after France's crown jewels were stolen from the famed Louvre Museum, police in Paris say. Leigh Kiniry reports.
The Paris prosecutor's office said Sunday that arrests had been made in connection to the brazen crown jewel heist at the Louvre, with one suspect arrested at Charles De Gaulle Airport as he allegedly tried to flee the country. Thieves stole an estimated $100 million worth of jewels and gems during a brazen daytime robbery that took less than eight minutes.
French media reports that the Louvre has moved some of its most precious jewels out of the museum for safekeeping. The jewels were moved from the Apollo Gallery, the scene of Sunday's heist, according to French radio.
German businessman Alexander Böcker was reading the news with his wife when she told him about a robbery at the Louvre in Paris. They soon saw an opportunity.
Master jeweler Stephen Portier said the Louvre robbers might recut the stolen gems, which would significantly decrease their value.
The Louvre Museum in Paris reopened Wednesday for the first time after Sunday's heist. The thieves are still on the run. CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer reports on the latest in the investigation and how much the stolen jewels are worth.
The French crown jewels robbed from the Louvre museum in Paris are likely lost forever, an art crime expert tells CBS News, even if the thieves are caught.
The French government will not be reimbursed for any losses related to the priceless jewels, according to experts.
A French government minister insisted the security system at the Louvre was working as it was supposed to when burglars easily made off with $102 million worth of jewels. The Paris prosecutor says 100 investigators are on the case. Elizabeth Palmer has the latest.
About 100 investigators are now involved in the police hunt for the gems and heist suspects, said prosecutor Laure Beccuau, whose office is leading the investigation.