Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Louvre heist: five keys to understanding the robbery – and security threats to museums everywhere

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Carmen Jordá Sanz, Directora del Departamento de Criminología y Seguridad, Universidad Camilo José Cela

On Sunday October 19, criminals managed to steal eight pieces of extremely valuable jewellery from the Louvre Museum’s Gallery of Apollo, in Paris. The robbery highlights long-standing issues for criminology in the field of cultural heritage, as museum security has to address traditional and emerging threats as well as a range of symbolic visions and criminal dynamics. This means that, when a security breach occurs, the costs are felt on many different levels.
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