One Year After the Louvre Heist: Eight Crown Jewels Still Missing

Eight jewels from the Crown of France remain unrecovered one year after they were stolen in the Louvre burglary, with the anniversary falling on the Monday following 18 October 2026. The investigation's current status was the subject of a France 24 segment featuring guest Nathalie Helal, who has examined history's most spectacular thefts in her book Ciel nos bijoux ! The France 24 video report was published on 18 October 2026 at 00:26 and modified the same day at 12:17. Access to the YouTube player required consent to audience-measurement and advertising cookies, and a browser extension blocking the video player had to be disabled or uninstalled to view the content. The segment's cover image is credited to France 24. The page also surfaced a series of related France 24 items on the 17 October mobilisation in France, including an updated tally of 800,000 participants, reports of looting and overwhelmed security forces, more than 500 people placed in police custody according to the Paris prosecutor's office, at least 1,200 arrests nationwide, and scenes of chaos in Paris and other cities.