France: Two Arrested in $102M Louvre Crown Jewels Heist

France: Two Arrested in $102M Louvre Crown Jewels Heist
Above: French police officers stand in front of the Louvre Museum after a robbery on Oct. 19, 2025. Image copyright: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-government narrative

French authorities cracked this case through solid police work and forensic science. The criminals left 150 DNA samples at the scene and booked flights under their real names — amateur hour mistakes that made arrests inevitable. These weren't criminal masterminds but hired muscle from Seine-Saint-Denis working for international buyers.

Government-critical narrative

This brazen heist exposed France's institutional decay and chronic government neglect of national treasures. The Louvre's security was laughably inadequate — cameras pointed the wrong way and broken windows covered with wood like a home repair job. This embarrassing failure symbolizes Macron's crumbling presidency.

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