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Title: Louvre Museum Security 'Outdated and Inadequate' at Time of Heist

Link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/20/195720...

A Court of Accounts report written before Sunday's theft of crown jewels from
the Louvre revealed the museum's security systems were outdated and
inadequate [non-paywalled source]. The report noted a lack of basic CCTV
equipment across multiple wings. Cameras had mainly been installed only when
rooms were refurbished due to repeated postponements of scheduled
modernization. In the Denon wing where the Apollo Gallery was targeted, a
third of rooms had no CCTV cameras. Three-quarters of rooms in the Richelieu
wing and nearly two-thirds in the Sully wing lacked cameras. The thieves were
caught on camera at one point but were masked and impossible to identify,
according to Paris public prosecutor Laure Beccuau. The alarm system
activated when thieves cut open display cases, but they threatened staff who
left the area. Culture minister Rachida Dati confirmed new CCTV cameras would
be installed. President Macron had earmarked $186.30 million to upgrade the
Louvre's security systems under a renaissance plan launched in June.

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