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.

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.