The inquiry into the Louvre Museum robbery has taken a new international dimension. Several months after the spectacular theft of 19 October 2025, which exposed poor management and catastrophic security flaws at the famous Paris museum, and left the French state shocked and embarrassed, detectives are focussing their attention to a serious Belgian lead.
According to the newspaper Le Parisien, analysis of the phones of several suspects from Eastern Europe, known for stealing goods, has revealed exchanges and connections suggesting direct links with Belgium.
Calls, photos stored on the phones – in particular of the Galerie d’Apollon, from where the Crown Jewels were stolen – as well as movements and certain identified contacts, are now steering investigators towards this new geographical area, seen as a possible base of operations for the network involved.
In light of these findings, French police have travelled to Belgium to pursue their inquiries on the ground. Checks are under way, concentrating not only on the entourage of suspects already identified in France, but also on potential accomplices or fences who may have helped organise the heist.
This development reinforces the theory of a commando unit acting on behalf of very wealthy international backers or highly specialised criminal networks.
