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Prosecutor has ‘small hope’ of recovering Louvre jewels thanks to gear left by thieves

French investigators are analysing DNA samples and fingerprints on tools and other items found at the scene

The Guardian - UK

DNA leads and video trail drive search for stolen Louvre crown jewels

French police have gathered more than 150 DNA samples and fingerprints in the hunt for the thieves behind a daring daylight raid on the Louvre that saw eight royal jewels worth €88 million stolen.

Radio France Internationale

Louvre reopens as Paris prosecutor reveals stolen jewels worth an estimated €88 million

The Paris Louvre reopens on Wednesday after the daring theft from the most visited museum in the world. Its director Laurence des Cars is facing questions from a parliamentary culture committee scrutinising security failures.

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Jewels stolen from Louvre worth estimated £76 million, according to French prosecutor as manhunt continues

Masked men broke into the museum in Paris on Sunday and plucked the Napoleonic items during the raid

Evening Standard

Louvre heist losses put at almost €90m as museum’s head prepares to face senators

Police continue to search for the criminal gang behind the brazen robbery targeting France’s crown jewels

The Guardian - UK

Woman arrested following September gold theft at Paris museum

A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the September theft of gold worth more than €1.5 million from the Natural History Museum in Paris, one of several recent break-ins targeting high-profile French cultural institutions, a prosecutor said on Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

Louvre Thieves Make Off With Millions In Stolen Jewellery After Broad-Daylight Heist

One $60 million crown was dropped and broken as the thieves made their getaway.

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Hunt Underway For Burglars That Stole French Crown Jewels From The Louvre, Emmanuel Macron Says, 'Everything Is Being Done'

Paris’ chief prosecutor, Laure Beccuau stated that the police are actively searching for a team of four thieves involved with the daylight heist at the Louvre Museum on Sunday.

Benzinga

South Africa’s ambassador to France found dead in Paris

Emmanuel Nkosinathi Mthethwa, known as Nathi Mthethwa, had been reported missing on Monday evening

The Independent UK

France Probes X Over Claims Algorithm Enabled 'Foreign Interference'

French police are investigating claims that social media network X, formerly known as Twitter, skewed its algorithm to allow "foreign interference", the Paris prosecutor said Friday.

International Business Times

France charges 21 prison attack suspects

Prosecutors said Saturday that 21 suspects in a series of coordinated attacks on French prisons had been charged, including two teenagers.

Radio France Internationale

France Charges 21 Prison Attack Suspects

Prosecutors said Saturday that 21 suspects in a series of coordinated attacks on French prisons had been charged, including two teenagers.

International Business Times

Who Is David Balland? Co-Founder of £1B Crypto Startup and Wife Rescued After Shocking Kidnapping

David Balland, co-founder of Ledger, and his wife were recently kidnapped, with a portion of the ransom paid in cryptocurrency.

International Business Times UK

French police arrest seven after brutal kidnapping of cryptocurrency entrepreneur

French authorities have detained seven individuals following the violent abduction of David Balland, co-founder of cryptocurrency security firm Ledger.

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French police rescue co-founder of €1.3bn crypto startup Ledger after kidnapping

Police made 10 arrests after David Balland and his wife were kidnapped over demands for a crypto ransom.

The Independent UK

Founder of website used by Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband charged

French prosecutors have connected Coco.fr to more than 23,000 criminal cases, includin ‘paedophilia, pimping, prostitution, rape, sale of narcotics, ambushes, and even homicides’

International Business Times

No Culprit Found Five Years On From Notre Dame Fire

Five years of investigation and expert reports have failed to identify the precise cause of the 2019 fire that ravaged Paris' landmark Notre Dame cathedral, even as the probe draws to a close just as the cathedral prepares to reopen early next month.

International Business Times

Telegram Boss Durov Charged, Banned From Leaving France

Pavel Durov, the founder and chief of Telegram, was granted conditional release against a bail of five million euros and on the condition he must report to a police station twice a week as well as remaining in France, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement.

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France 24

Foreign interference, terrorism, cyber-attacks: Paris Olympics face unprecedented security risks

The Paris Olympic Games officially get underway on Friday, at a period of high geopolitical tensions. An impressive security operation has been put in place, but the Games also face unprecedented security challenges.

France 24

What we know about France’s ‘The Fly’ and his deadly prison van escape

A massive manhunt was under way in France on Wednesday and an Interpol red notice was issued a day after a group of gunmen ambushed a prison van at a motorway toll and freed a notorious gangster known as “The Fly”. Two prison officers were killed in the spectacular escape…

Radio France Internationale

French police hunt killers behind prison van ambush

French police were on Wednesday hunting for a group of gunmen who killed two prison officers in an attack at a motorway toll that freed a convict linked to gangland drug killings.

International Business Times

French Police Hunt Killers Behind Prison Van Ambush

French police were on Wednesday hunting for a group of gunmen who killed two prison officers in an attack at a motorway toll that freed a convict linked to gangland drug killings.

International Business Times

Convict Freed In French Ambush Has History Of Violent Crime: Prosecutor

Mohamed Amra, the convict freed by gunmen in a murderous motorway attack Tuesday, has a long history of convictions for violent crimes that started when he was only 15, according to judicial sources.

Radio France Internationale

Gunmen strike prison van at French motorway toll killing two police officers

Gunmen on Tuesday attacked a prison van at a motorway toll in northern France, killing at least two prison officers and freeing a convict who had been jailed last week.

International Business Times

Two French Prison Officers Killed In Inmate's Escape

Gunmen on Tuesday attacked a prison van at a motorway toll in northern France, killing at least two prison officers and freeing a convict who had been jailed last week.

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