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The Louvre Museum heist involved the theft of valuable jewels, with two suspects arrested and over 100 investigators working discreetly to solve the case, recover the stolen items, and bring the culprits to justice, amid strict French privacy laws and international cooperation efforts.
A Chinese woman was arrested in Barcelona and charged with stealing over $1 million worth of gold from the Paris Natural History Museum in September, part of a series of recent high-profile museum robberies in France, including the Louvre heist. The theft involved professional tools and the suspect was found trying to dispose of melted gold, highlighting ongoing security concerns at French cultural institutions.