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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sylvie Corbet

Louvre issued with stark warning just weeks before $102m jewel heist

Weeks before a daring $102m jewels heist rocked the Louvre Museum, France's court of auditors had already issued a stark warning, urging the world's most-visited museum to urgently accelerate its long-delayed security modernisation plans.

The report, published on Thursday by the Cour des Comptes, follows a series of security failings that came to light after the 19 October robbery.

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