Prosecutors believe the Louvre thieves had no links to organized crime.

BarcelonaThe four defendants so far in connection with The theft of jewels from the Louvre museum in Paris on October 19 They are criminals residing in the Paris suburbs, with records for offenses that "do not fall within the spectrum of organized crime." This was explained by Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau in statements to France Info radio, detailing that the four had prior connections to the robbery and that the two charged this Saturday were a couple. "They are close acquaintances; they all lived in Seine-Saint-Denis (on the outskirts of Paris), two of them were in a relationship and had children. We have profiles that are not well-known within organized crime, but who end up committing very serious acts," Beccuau said. The prosecutor asserts that, with the evidence they have, they believe they have already arrested three of the four members of the group (in addition to the partner of one of them, charged as an accomplice) that perpetrated the theft of eight French crown jewels, valued at 88 million euros.

In addition to the fourth member of the group, authorities are also searching for other possible accomplices, although for now they believe the thieves did not have any help inside the museum. Police have found DNA from one of the accused on the crane used to access the Apollo Gallery balcony, through which they entered the building using a circular saw, dressed as construction workers taking advantage of the ongoing museum renovations. The accused is a 37-year-old man who, according to the prosecutor, refused to testify. He had eleven prior convictions, ten of them for aggravated robbery, as well as traffic offenses. Another of the accused had a pending trial for aggravated robbery, for having robbed an ATM by crashing a vehicle into it. The prosecutor stated that the three suspects in the group have significant criminal records, mostly for robbery, and in the case of one of them, committed in Paris in 2015, two of the individuals involved are implicated. Regarding the whereabouts of the loot, the prosecutor assured that they are examining "all possibilities on the black market that would allow the sale of these jewels, which is not expected to occur immediately."