A safety audit conducted in 2018 by jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels for the museum aptly described the potential defects presented by the balcony used on October 19 and its possible access via a freight elevator.
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Safety audit report in 2018 “point of vulnerability” what represents the Louvre balcony where the thieves entered to steal jewelry during the Oct. 19 heist, confirmed World Tuesday 25 November.
Contacted by AFP in the evening, the management of the famous Paris museum did not immediately provide a response. But he assured the newspaper that he only became aware of these reports after the robbery had occurred, namely four years after the arrival of Laurence des Cars as head of the company.
According to Worlda safety audit conducted in 2018 by jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels for the museum aptly described the potential defects presented by the balcony used on October 19 and its possible access via a freight elevator.
This detail fits the modus operandi of the criminals: using a basket, they managed to climb onto the balcony of the Apollo gallery, then broke the window using a grinder to then steal eight jewels from the French Crown. The looting, estimated at 88 million euros, remains untraceable to this day.
A month after this spectacular theft, four new suspects were arrested on Tuesday and taken into police custody. Three people suspected of being directly involved in the theft have been charged and jailed. A fourth person, who appeared as a companion to one of the suspects, has been placed under court supervision.
