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‘Brazen’ Louvre thieves made targeted heist, treasures could be melted down: expert
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The gang of thieves who robbed the Louvre Museum on Sunday and made off with some of France’s most famous crown jewels might end up melting their loot down, an ex-FBI art crime expert said.
Tim Carpenter also suggested the team of robbers behind the «shocking» operation were focused on treasures of immense cultural and historical value.
«This was a targeted heist,» Carpenter told Fox News Digital.
«They knew precisely what they were going for, and they understood the value and the cultural significance of these pieces,» he continued. «They also understood that this was extraordinarily important to the people of France.»
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Forensic police officers arrive at the Louvre Museum after reports of a robbery, in Paris, France, October 19, 2025. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)
Also «shocking,» Carpenter noted, «is that it was a daytime robbery while the museum was open.»
The Louvre was forced to close its doors following the daring morning theft, which happened in under seven minutes and left police racing to recover the jewels.
The raid, at around 9:30 a.m. local time, targeted the museum’s Apollo Gallery, home to historic treasures linked to Napoleon and Empress Eugénie.
The crew reportedly stole a crown believed to have belonged to Empress Eugénie, Le Parisien reported.
According to The Associated Press, eight objects were taken, including a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a matching set linked to 19th-century French queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense.
An emerald necklace and earrings from the matching set of Empress Marie-Louise were also reportedly snatched alongside a reliquary brooch, Empress Eugénie’s diadem and her large corsage-bow brooch.
«They could be melted down or pieced out,» Carpenter explained. «They’ll punch stones out of the crowns, and they’ll cut the stones, and they’ll market them individually.»
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Thieves executed a daytime heist at the Louvre Museum, stealing French crown jewels. (Thibault Camus/AP)
According to French daily Le Parisien, the thieves, two of whom were disguised as construction workers, entered the museum after parking next to it. They extended a lift to a first-floor window and smashed it open with an angle grinder.
The time «is when the museum is kind of its most chaotic. People are getting settled,» added Carpenter.
«They breached through a window and made this really brazen. These guys are fast and moving quickly with a purpose, and they breach, and they get in there really quickly,» he added.
After the heist, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez spoke to radio station France Inter and said the thieves «entered from the outside using a basket lift» and «a disc cutter» to slice through glass panes containing precious jewels.
«The investigation has begun, and a detailed list of the stolen items is being compiled,» the ministry also said in a statement. «Beyond their market value, these items have inestimable heritage and historical value.»
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The Louvre is the world’s largest and likely most crowded museum. (iStock)
«Because it’s a historic building, there are just natural vulnerabilities that occur, and these guys just found one of those and found a way to exploit it,» Carpenter said.
«That is definitely a risk,» he continued. «When you look at a building like the Louvre… there always has to be a balance.»
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«I think the local authorities there have a very strong chance of doing a really effective criminal investigation, identifying these perpetrators and hopefully recovering these pieces before they’re lost to us,» concluded Carpenter.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Louvre Museum for comment.
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Minnesota hotel removed from approved federal lodging list after refusing to accommodate ICE agents
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FIRST ON FOX: The General Services Administration (GSA) is terminating the Hampton Inn Lakeville in Minnesota from its list of approved lodging accommodations for all federal employees after the hotel refused to accommodate ICE agents and immigration officers.
Several emails posted by the Department of Homeland Security and ICE on Monday showed that the hotel was «not allowing any ICE or immigration agents to stay at our property.»
«After I was informed that a local Hilton property canceled rooms reserved for ICE, GSA immediately reviewed the matter and found the hotel to be in clear violation of its government lodging program requirements,» GSA Administrator Edward C. Forst told Fox News Digital in a statement. «The property has been removed from the programs and booking tools effective immediately. GSA unequivocally supports our federal law enforcement partners.»
The GSA is a federal agency responsible for managing and supporting the basic functioning of federal agencies. Forst was nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the agency, and he was sworn in on Christmas Eve after being confirmed by the Senate in mid-December.
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The Trump administration is removing a Minneapolis hotel from its list of approved lodging for federal employees after the establishment refused to accommodate ICE agents. (Christopher Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images / Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The formerly Hilton-branded hotel was stripped of its Hilton label by the hotel chain Tuesday morning after a video surfaced appearing to show that the location continued to deny immigration officers despite Hilton Hotels saying that the venue had apologized and that «properties are open to everyone and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination.»
The hotel participated in a government lodging program partnership, known as GSA FedRooms, between federal employees and the location. Following the Hampton Inn Lakeville denying federal agents rooms, GSA has since removed the property from all lodging programs and travel systems.
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FedRooms is a GSA-managed transient lodging program providing Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) compliant hotel accommodations to U.S. government and military travelers, at or below federal per diem rates.
GSA also terminated emergency lodging services and long-term lodging at the property.
Fox News Digital learned through sources that the hotel accommodated federal agents for roughly 130 total nights last year.
DHS has had a heavy presence in Minnesota as a scandal surrounding fraudulent daycare centers embattled the state. Gov. Tim Walz announced he would not seek re-election on Monday morning. (Michael Dorgan/Fox News Digital; Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Including active-duty military members along with civilian employees, the total number of federal workforce exceeds 4 million.
Hilton Hotels noted in their initial statement that the Hampton Inn Lakeville is independently owned and operated and said that the property took «immediate action to resolve this matter and are contacting impacted guests to ensure they are accommodated.»
However, a viral video posted to X by freelance journalist Nick Sortor on Tuesday morning showed an employee at the counter continuing to deny federal agents, going against Hilton’s statement.
Activists confronted a group of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the largely Somali neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (Mark Vancleave/AP Photo)
Hilton Hotels took action shortly after, separating the individual hotel from their network.
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«A recent video clearly raises concerns that they are not meeting our standards and values,» Hilton Hotels said in a statement. «As such, we are taking immediate action to remove this hotel from our systems. Hilton is — and has always been — a welcoming place for all.»
Hampton Inn Lakeville appears to have been removed from Hilton’s website.
Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News. Story tips can be sent to Preston.Mizell@fox.com and on X @MizellPreston
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Top Canadian officials to visit Greenland amid international fears as Trump eyes NATO-linked territory
‘We need Greenland’: Trump
President Donald Trump tells reporters aboard Air Force One why the United States needs Greenland for ‘national security.’ (Credit: The White House/YouTube)
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Countries across the globe are voicing their concerns as President Donald Trump appears to eye Greenland for what he says are reasons relating to U.S. national security. Amid the developing controversy, two top Canadian officials are reportedly planning to visit Greenland — and possibly open an embassy there.
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand and Governor General Mary Simon, who is of Inuk descent, are expected to visit Greenland in early February, according to The Associated Press. Simon became Canada’s first indigenous governor general — the representative of Britain’s King Charles as head of state — in 2021 and previously served as Canada’s ambassador to Denmark.
The visit comes as Canada plans to open a consulate in Greenland.
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen at the Canadian Embassy in Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
«The future of Greenland and Denmark are decided solely by the people of Denmark,» Prime Minister Mark Carney said when meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at Canada’s embassy in Paris, the AP reported. The two leaders were in France for a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing focusing on Ukraine.
Frederiksen praised Carney and expressed confidence in NATO’s ability to maintain security in the Arctic region.
«You have been very clear in your statement when it comes to the respect for national sovereignty,» Frederiksen said to Carney. «We are both into securing the Arctic region and together with all our NATO allies we can secure the region, so hopefully everybody is willing to work together.»
Trump recently made waves when he renewed his call for the U.S. to annex Greenland, which he asserts would be a key element of U.S. security.
«We need Greenland, from a national security situation,» Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. «Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and Denmark is not going to be able to do it.»
A «Make America Go Away» baseball cap, distributed for free by Danish artist Jens Martin Skibsted, is arranged in Sisimiut, Greenland, on March 30, 2025. (Juliette Pavy/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller insisted on Monday that no one would oppose U.S. military action in Greenland. He told CNN’s Jake Tapper, «Nobody is going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland,» Axios reported.
The remarks drew the ire of leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the U.K. who joined Frederiksen in defending the sovereignty of Greenland, which is an Inuit self-governing territory of the kingdom of Denmark. Canada’s decision to get involved in the tussle also comes after Trump made remarks about turning it into the 51st state.
President Donald Trump’s new envoy to Greenland said Tuesday the administration wants to open a dialogue with residents of the territory and that the U.S. is not looking to «conquer» the island. (Leon Neal/Getty Images; Allison Robbert/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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A statement from Frederiksen, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer asserted, «Greenland belongs to its people.»
«It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland,» the statement read.
Anand and Simon’s offices did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Fuertes nevadas en Europa: de Madrid a Londres, las mejores imágenes de las ciudades y los monumentos vestidos de blanco
Los Jardines de Luxemburgo cubiertos de nieve en París.
Los Jardines de Luxemburgo cubiertos de nieve en París.
Los Jardines de Luxemburgo cubiertos de nieve en París.
Emmanuel Macron recibió al primer ministro británico Keir Starmer en el Palacio del Elíseo, bajo nieve. Foto ReutersCientos de vuelos cancelados en Amsterdam
La nieve acumulada en la entrada del Aeopuerto de Schiphol en Amsterdam, este martes. Foto REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
Vuelos cancelados y demorados en Schiphol, en Amsterdam, por la tormenta de nieve. Foto REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
La nieve acumulada en la entrada del Aeopuerto de Schiphol en Amsterdam, este martes. Foto REUTERS/Piroschka van de WouwLondres, Madrid y Frankfurt
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El Regent’s Canal, en Londres, congelado por la tormenta de frío. Foto EFE
El Regent’s Canal, en Londres, congelado por la tormenta de frío. Foto EFE
Botes varados en un canal de Londres. Foto AP
Nieve en el Parlamento en Londres. Foto REUTERS/Toby Melville
Pingüinos en el zoológico de Londres, este martes. Foto EFE
Techos cubiertos de nieve en las afueras de Frankfurt, en Alemania, este martes. Foto AP
Un yate de lujo, varado y extraído del río Rin. Foto AP
Vista cenital de árboles en Frankfurt. Foto EFE
Nieve en Frankfurt. Foto EFE
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