Overall, “there are a few perimeter cameras, but they are outdated,” director of the Louvre Des Cars said. (Photo: Haonan-Wei/Unsplash/Representational) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

The director of the Louvre said she will ask France’s interior ministry for a police station to be set up inside the museum, days after thieves stole jewels worth €88 million ($102 million) in an audacious daytime heist.

Laurence des Cars, speaking at a French senate hearing on Wednesday, conceded that video surveillance of the streets and areas around the Louvre “is our weakness.”

Outside of the Apollon Gallery there’s only one camera and it “didn’t cover the balcony” the perpetrators used to break into the museum and steal eight jewels, she said.

Overall, “there are

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