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Louvre denies contacting Israeli intel firm for help locating stolen jewels
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A French police officer stands in front of the Louvre Museum after a robbery, in Paris on October 19, 2025. (Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
The management of the Louvre museum denies having contacted a private Israeli intel firm to investigate the weekend’s audacious jewel heist at the iconic French institution.
“The Louvre management denies it,” museum representatives say when asked by AFP, without further comment.
The Israeli CGI Group, based in Tel Aviv, told AFP earlier the Louvre had asked for its help for the investigation due to its past success recovering stolen artifacts from a German museum in 2019.
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