This incident serves as a reminder of the vulnerabilities faced by cultural institutions and the ongoing challenges in combating art theft.
0:00 is that the prosecutor's office in Paris has confirmed that arrests have been made over the theft of precious crown jewels from Paris's Louv Museum. The Paris prosecutor's office says that the men were originally from the Parisian suburb of Senuni and one was preparing to board a flight from Sha de Gaul airport. That is the largest airport in Paris. Items of inestimable value were taken from the world's most visited museum last Sunday when four thieves
0:30 wielding power tools broke into the building in broad daylight. France's justice minister has since conceded that security protocols failed, leaving the country with a terrible image. Let us speak now to Chris Marinelo who is the uh chief executive and founder of Art Recovery International, an organization that specializes in locating and recovering stolen and looted works of art. Chris Marin Marinelo, thanks so much uh for talking to us here. It's busy uh morning, so
1:01 sorry to keep you waiting. Uh first of all, your reaction to uh to the arrest initially of these of these two men. Well, this is really encouraging news. Uh you cannot find these jewels without first finding the perpetrators. And that's what you know we the the prosecutor believes they have two of the four men that were actually involved. and Chris uh the we we understand that um of the jewels that were seized the crown one of the crowns or or the most
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