Editor’s Note
This article details the sophisticated planning behind the Louvre jewel heist and the climate of internal suspicion it has fostered, raising critical questions about museum security.
Now all apprehended, the alleged robbers of the Crown Jewels were very well-informed about the surveillance at the Louvre Museum. Their masterminds apparently drew their intelligence from the best sources before launching their raid on the Apollo Gallery.
Since the spectacular theft of the Crown diamonds on October 19, the poison of suspicion has crept among the curators and employees of the Louvre. Officially, no one is accusing anyone, but everyone is questioning the internal complicity that the masterminds of the Apollo Gallery heist appear to have benefited from.
Since the disappearance of the jewels, two important discoveries have fueled the prevailing suspicion. First, the time chosen by the criminals, who struck at 9:30 AM. This timing, which is no accident, was clearly chosen based on intelligence gathered from the best possible source. With one goal: to take advantage of crowd movements to operate under the best possible conditions.
a museum official explained to “Le Canard.” A detail that did not escape the police officers in charge of the investigation.
