Louvre heist work of petty criminals, not organised crime, Paris prosecutor says

The audacious daytime robbery of historical jewels worth US$102 million from the Paris Louvre museum last month was executed by petty criminals rather than professionals from the world of organised crime, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday. On a Sunday morning two weeks ago, two men parked a movers’ lift outside the Louvre, rode up to the second storey, smashed a window, cracked open display cases with angle grinders, and then fled on the back of scooters driven by two accomplices in a heist...