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.

Two suspects have admitted they were involved in the brazen daytime jewel heist at the Louvre museum in Paris, prosecutors say.

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.

France is not the only country to have experienced a 'heist of the century,' nor the only one to question the protection of artworks on public display.