Days after robbery of jewels worth more than $100 million, Louvre director on Wednesday said the museum lacked adequate security camera coverage of the outside walls.

“Despite our efforts, despite our hard work on a daily basis, we failed," Laurence des Cars told lawmakers the Senators when questioned about how the thieves were able to run away with 88 million euros ($102 million) in jewels from the famous museum in just seven minutes.

She further said that all alarms were functioning during the burglary but there were not enough security cameras covering the thieves’ point of entry.

“The only camera installed is directed westward and therefore did not cover the balcony involved in the break-in," she said. “There are some perimeter cameras, but they are aging," she conceded. Surveillanc

See Full Page