Master jeweler Stephen Portier said the Louvre robbers might recut the stolen gems, which would significantly decrease their value.

In total, thieves stole about €88 million worth of jewels on Sunday, including a necklace Napoleon Bonaparte gave to Marie-Louise of Austria, the tiara, necklace and earrings of Queen Hortense, and a diadem, diamond bow brooch and reliquary brooch that once belonged to Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III.

How thieves pulled off the extraordinary theft of priceless jewels from the world-famous museum in broad daylight.

Investigators say criminals are able to intercept goods along the supply chain by impersonating real companies.

Two Phoenix businesses are dealing with thousands of dollars in damage after thieves targeted their rooftop air conditioning units.

A major development in the manhunt to find the four people who robbed the Louvre Museum in Paris has been revealed. According to French police, two traces of DNA were found in one of the helmets and one of the gloves the suspects left behind at the scene of the crime.

The party says tracking decoy stolen bikes could help the police uncover wider criminal networks and reduce thefts.

PARIS -- PARIS (AP) — The glittering sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds that once adorned France's royals could well be gone forever, experts say after a brazen, four-minute heist in broad daylight left the nation stunned and the government struggling to explain a new debacle at the Louvre.