Thieves steal jewels from the Louvre

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published October 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM EDT

We take a closer look at what might happen next after the brazen jewelry robbery at the Louvre on Sunday with Robert Wittman, the former senior investigator and founder of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Art Crime Team.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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