2 Additional Suspects Charged in Louvre Museum Heist

Two suspects allegedly tied to the Louvre museum heist were handed preliminary charges days after their initial arrest on Oct. 29.

People tour the courtyard of the Louvre museum in the rain in Paris on Oct. 27, 2025. Christophe Ena/AP Photo

Two suspects allegedly tied to the Louvre museum heist were handed preliminary charges on Nov. 1, three days after they were arrested.

​“The first suspect, known to the judicial authorities for theft, was formally charged with organized robbery and conspiracy to commit organized robbery,” Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said, according to a translation of a statement sent to The Epoch Times on Nov. 1.

“He requested a deferred hearing, which will take place in the coming days, and was remanded in custody pending the hearing.”

​The prosecutor did not identify the suspects, who are aged 37 and 38.

​The second suspect was charged with complicity in organized robbery and conspiracy to commit organized robbery.

​“She was placed in pretrial detention by the judge of freedoms and detention following a hearing in which both parties were heard, in accordance with the prosecution’s request,” the statement reads.

​Both individuals denied involvement in the Oct. 19 heist and reiterated their innocence at their initial court appearance, according to the statement.

​The other three people who were taken into custody alongside them on Oct. 22 by France’s special police unit, the Brigade for the Repression of Banditry, were released without any charges, Beccuau confirmed.

​Two additional suspects were arrested on Oct. 25 after being identified through DNA.

​One suspect was a 34-year-old man who was caught at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport as he was attempting to leave French territory and fly to his native Algeria.

​The second man was born in France, and police stated that he didn’t show any signs of wanting to flee the country.

​Beccuau initially didn’t reveal much about the first two suspects who were arrested on Oct. 25 because she did not want to “hinder the efforts of the investigation team mobilized to recover both the stolen jewelry and the group of perpetrators.”

The first two suspects initially arrested allegedly partially admitted their role in stealing the French Crown Jewels.

​The heist occurred in broad daylight on Oct. 19, when thieves used a cherry picker truck to break in through a window and enter the museum’s gilded Apollo Gallery while two other alleged accomplices remained outside.

​The suspects cracked two glass display cases, stole nine items, which were estimated to be worth about $102 million, and sped away on motorized scooters.

They dropped the 1,300-diamond crown of Spanish-born Empress Eugénie (1826–1920) as they sped off.

​Police were able to recover the expensive crown, and experts believe that the item, which was owned by the wife of Emperor Napoleon III, can be restored.

​The other eight items have not been recovered.

​The investigation is ongoing.