French police have launched one of the country s biggest manhunts after the theft of the French crown jewels from the Louvre, but experts say the priceless artefacts are likely gone for good, dismantled, melted or sold off within days.
French police have launched one of the country's biggest manhunts after the theft of the French crown jewels from the Louvre, but experts say the priceless artefacts are likely gone for good, dismantled, melted or sold off within days. But experts say the jewels are likely already broken down into smaller stones or melted for resale in diamond hubs such as Antwerp."It's a race against time," said Brand.
Summarised from Ada Derana
People- Napoleon III2
- Christopher Marinello
- Marinello.Security
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Arthur Brand.The
- Empress Eugénie
- Joan Carpenter
- Kim Kardashian
Organisations- Louvre Museum2
- French Interior Ministry.Police
- Art Recovery International
- French interior ministry
- Reuters news agency.Mr
- Interior Ministry
- culture ministry
- United Nations
Places- France3
- Galle2
- Paris2
- Antwerp."It
- Europe."If
- Seine
Keywords- thieves3
- jewels3
- incalculable
- priceless
- recovered
- daylight
- manhunt
- daring
- minute
- stolen
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