The raid on the Louvre is far from the first museum heist. But several factors have combined to make Europe fertile ground for cultural thefts.

Several suspects arrested this week over an audacious jewel heist at the Louvre museum appeared before magistrates at a Paris court on Saturday, prosecutors told AFP. The Paris public prosecutor's ...

Six suspects were arrested near Lyon, France, following a daring heist at a precious metals refinery involving explosives and €12m worth of gold.

Six suspects have been arrested near the French city of Lyon in connection with the country's latest brazen heist.

According to CGI Group founder and CEO Zvika Nave, after a lengthy check, the company concluded that the unknown person "did own at least part of the stolen jewels" ...