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An investigation ordered by France\u2019s culture ministry highlighted a number of security failures that made October\u2019s brazen heist possible<\/h2>\n
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An exterior view of the famous window and balcony that robbers entered in October
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The men who\u00a0stole more than $100 million<\/a> worth of crown jewels from the Louvre in October snuck off with just 30 seconds to spare, an investigation into the bold daylight heist has found.<\/p>\n

The investigation, ordered by France\u2019s culture ministry, revealed that a combination of crucial mistakes, including a delay in security camera footage, gave the robbers at the Paris museum a half-minute advantage to make off with the still-missing jewels.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor those precious 30 seconds, all it would have taken was a slightly faster alert from the control room agents if they had been able to see the camera sooner, and a longer window break-in resistance time than was observed,\u201d says No\u00ebl Corbin, chief of general inspection of cultural affairs, per\u00a0Reuters<\/a>\u2019 Louise Rasmussen. \u201cWith a margin of just 30 seconds, the Securitas [private security] guards or the police officers in the patrol car could have prevented the thieves\u2019 escape.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police have arrested all four suspected robbers, but the hunt for the missing jewels continues.<\/p>\n

The findings reveal that only one of two security cameras where the jewels were on display was working. The working camera captured the heist, but it took up to eight minutes for security guards in the museum\u2019s control room to switch to that specific live feed, according to the\u00a0New York Times<\/em><\/a>\u2019 S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Le Stradic. The control room did not have enough screens to watch all the live cameras simultaneously.<\/p>\n

Once the alarm was raised, staff gave officers the name of the long gallery room where the jewels were on display, but they didn\u2019t specify which end to go to. Police initially showed up to the wrong end of the building before realizing their mistake and turning around. They made it to the scene of the crime 30 seconds after the thieves took off.<\/p>\n

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Quick fact: How did the thieves steal the jewels?<\/h4>\n

In October, four robbers drove to the museum in a truck with an attached electric ladder, which they used to enter through a second-floor balcony window.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIt highlights an overall failure of the museum, as well as its supervisory authority, to address security issues,\u201d Laurent Lafon, head of the French senate\u2019s culture commission, said at the start of a hearing on December 10, per Agence France-Presse<\/a> (AFP).<\/p>\n

The report also found that two previous audits\u2014one in 2017 and one in 2019\u2014raised serious\u00a0security concerns<\/a> at the museum, but that the findings were never shared with Laurence des Cars, who was appointed to direct the museum in 2021.<\/p>\n

The 2019 audit, carried out by experts at the jewelry company Van Cleef & Arpels, highlighted that the museum\u2019s riverside balcony was a security threat because it could easily be reached by an extendable ladder, which is how the thieves broke in two months ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe recommendations were not acted on and they would have enabled us to avoid this robbery,\u201d Corbin said at the hearing, according to AFP.<\/p>\n

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Police closed off the Louvre after the robbery.<\/p>\n

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The latest inquiry has renewed calls for Des Cars to step down, reports the Times<\/em>. In October, Des Cars told the senate commission that the break-in had not been captured on camera. She made similar comments last month in an interview with the\u00a0Times<\/em><\/a>\u2019 Catherine Porter and Elaine Sciolino. However, the investigation contradicts that claim.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf the two cameras near the scene, only one was operational,\u201d Corbin said at the hearing, per the Times<\/em>. \u201cBut it was sufficient, despite its poor quality, to allow for preparations for the burglary to be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

On December 15, hundreds of Louvre employees went on strike over working conditions. To many employees, the October heist exemplified longstanding concerns about understaffing, report the\u00a0Associated Press<\/a>\u2019 Sylvie Corbet and John Leicester.<\/p>\n

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