Louvre Museum Suffers €88M Jewelry Heist Captured on Escape Video

A dramatic video has surfaced showing two thieves executing a swift and audacious heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, stealing €88 million worth of France's crown jewels from the Apollo Gallery. The footage captures the thieves descending from a mechanical lift attached to a truck and escaping on scooters, despite police presence. The robbery, lasting less than seven minutes, involved smashing display cases and threatening unarmed guards, with the thieves exploiting significant security lapses, including insufficient camera coverage. Among the stolen items were historically priceless jewels such as an emerald and diamond necklace given by Napoleon I and a diadem belonging to Empress Eugénie, whose crown was dropped during the escape and recovered. French authorities have launched an extensive investigation with over 100 investigators, collecting DNA evidence from the scene, and the Louvre has temporarily enhanced its security measures. The incident has sparked public outrage and acknowledgment from museum officials of critical security failures.