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Louvre Museum/ Are the Pink Panthers the ex-Yugoslav bandits behind the robbery of the century?

2025-10-22 20:04:05Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Louvre Museum/ Are the Pink Panthers the ex-Yugoslav bandits behind the robbery
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As the hours pass, the chances of finding the stolen jewels at the Louvre Museum and the perpetrators fade, despite President Macron's promise.

Around 60 investigators from the Paris anti-crime brigade and the Central Office for the Fight against Trafficking in Cultural Property have been mobilized. But the ease with which the group of four bandits managed to escape with the jewels, riding two skateboards on Sunday, makes the situation almost hopeless.

According to Corriere della Sera, the Israeli intelligence firm, CGI Group in Tel Aviv, said it had been called by the Louvre to participate in the investigation, following its successful resolution of a 2019 billion-euro theft case in Dresden, but museum leaders quickly and categorically denied it.

Who could be behind the robbery of the century?

"All hypotheses are possible," says Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau. "The theft could have been requested by a collector, in which case we hope to find the jewels in good condition, or by thieves who are only interested in jewels and precious metals, perhaps to launder money from criminal activity."

"Everything could be linked to drug trafficking, given the large sums of money involved," adds the prosecutor, who does not rule out "foreign interference," although it is not the preferred hypothesis. On Monday, the Louvre remained closed as investigators continued their investigation and questioned employees to determine whether the bandits had an internal accomplice.

Several witnesses heard the robbers speaking in a foreign language, suggesting the involvement of the "Pink Panthers," a notorious ex-Yugoslav group made up of ex-soldiers from Serbia and Montenegro. They have been wreaking havoc in Europe since the 1990s and were named by Interpol after a 2003 robbery in London, where a diamond was found hidden inside a jar of cream, just like in the famous Inspector Clouseau film.

Pink Panther heists are characterized by speed, little or no direct violence, and target items considered impossible, such as the Louvre. The jewelry is dismantled and distributed across borders.

The Pink Panthers are considered a large criminal network with hundreds of members and are suspected of being behind dozens of thefts, including in France: twice at the Harry Winston store on Avenue Montaigne in Paris (2007, $36 million, 2008, $73 million), the Carlton Hotel in Cannes in 2013 ($53 million), the Chaumet jeweler in June 2021 (2 million euros). The jewelry has never been recovered.


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