French police may nab Louvre thieves but unlikely to recover their loot

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Stolen crown jewels from last Sunday’s heist at the Louvre may be difficult to recover even if the thieves themselves get arrested. Experts say, only a small pool of criminals are capable of the job and they may even be already known to the police.   Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/europe/louvre-jewels-robbery-updates-october-21-2025/

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00:00Stolen crown jewels from last Sunday's heist at the Louvre may be difficult to recover

00:05even if the thieves themselves get arrested. Experts say only a small pool of criminals

00:10are capable of the job and they may even be already known to the police.

00:14But according to one expert, stolen jewelry is particularly easy to move through illicit markets.

00:20Founder of Art Recovery International Christopher Marinello says the diamonds could be cut into

00:24smaller pieces and the gold melted down, making it extremely difficult to trace.

00:28He adds, once they've been cut into smaller jewels, the deed is done. It's over. We'll never see these

00:34pieces again intact. It's a very small percentage recovering stolen artworks. When it comes to

00:40jewelry, that percentage is even less. Sunday's heist at the Louvre has been criticized by some

00:45as a national humiliation and has sparked security checks across French cultural sites.

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