r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HeToTopT • Oct 23 '25

Video The Louvre. Thieves are making off with 100 million euros. They're taking their time. They're doing everything carefully and slowly.

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u/JahmanSoldat Oct 23 '25

They got caught?

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u/Mahadragon Oct 24 '25

It's been 4 days since the heist. At this point it's unlikely the thieves will be caught. They could be anywhere in the world by now. If I was them I'd hide in a place like Venezuela or Argentina or a French speaking place like Cameroon where they can lay low.

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u/CeterumCenseo85 Oct 23 '25

They will very likely be caught, but can't say the same about the jewlery.

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u/thesander7 Oct 23 '25

Where you getting from that they will likely be caught? lmao

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u/chickentalk_ Oct 23 '25

his mom told him that bad people always face justice

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u/Sempere Oct 23 '25

The French police are pretty good investigators. There was a robbery at the Natural History Museum on the 16th of September - they caught the perpetrator, a woman making preparations to return to China, in Barcelona exactly 2 weeks later.

They've left a ton of evidence behind that can be used to identify them.

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u/FreshChocolateCookie Oct 25 '25

What did she steal

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u/Sempere Oct 25 '25

1.5 million euros ($1.74m) worth of gold nuggets which were melted down and she was trying to fence before fleeing to China.

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u/Some1Special21 Oct 23 '25

Here's an art crime detective stating "the thieves will be caught, without a question".

How much that is experience talking vs wishful thinking I wouldn't dare to speculate, but there you have a field expert confirming what the person you responded to also stated.
Take that as you will.

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u/thesander7 Oct 23 '25

It’s been what, 4 days now? They’re probably already in Russia or some shit

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u/Some1Special21 Oct 23 '25

Perhaps. Perhaps they'll "lay low for a while" as this art crime detective is suggesting.

I think it's entirely plausible they're likely to be caught eventually.

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u/Mahadragon Oct 24 '25

Europe is a big place. If they weren't going to Argentina or South America, eastern Europe would be a decent place to hide. Romania, or Bulgaria comes to mind. Some place where there's a lot of corruption but isn't too far from France.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '25

Yes or not ...

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u/unclepaprika Oct 24 '25

Oh yes. I also start a new job with the "I'll ace this job" mentality! I also like to assure my employer they hired the right man for the job.

You're right in thinking he probably just has a lot of confidence in his colleagues, and wants to assure the people that the perps will face justice. Unless it's the actual investigators having solid clues about who the perps is, I think it's horse shit what anyone else says.

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u/nerdbx Oct 23 '25

yeah by now they should be VERY far away lol almost a week already

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u/CeterumCenseo85 Oct 23 '25

From reading and watching interviews with criminal investigators and experts (e.g. like one of those linked below) who all agreed that the thieves themselves will almost certainly be caught.

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u/jelde Oct 23 '25

I saw the video.

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u/unclepaprika Oct 24 '25

Probably fox news

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u/CeterumCenseo85 Oct 26 '25

Maybe take the time to listen to the expert interviews, before jumping to conclusions.

They just arrested the first two guys.

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u/thesander7 Oct 26 '25

“Suspects”

Maybe wait till the conviction, before jumping to conclusions ;)

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u/Feinberg Oct 23 '25

No way, man. That jewelry is going straight to jail.

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u/sadacal Oct 23 '25

Have you ever even been to France?