A police officer at the Louvre made the announcement this week Entry and tour guide scams on a ‘large scale’informed by his own museum, he informed the famous Parisian institution about this piece.
“The political operation that was launched last Tuesday, February 10, 2026 was trance and formless from the Louvre Museum“as part of its anti-fraud policy and between conversations between museum staff and the fraudulent practices policy,” the entity said in a press release.
Based on information available to the museum, he suspected the existence of a “large-scale” fraud.
“These activities led the museum management to implement a structured anti-fraud planwhich includes a map of fraud, various preventive and corrective measures (legal, technical and control) and monitoring of its results”, he specified.
Political operation supuso la detention of new persons“Among museum staff and tour guides, there are suspicions of involvement in this red wind of false entries and tour guides, especially Chinese tourists,” he told Le Parisien when it published an editorial.
According to a political source quoted by this rotary, three vehicles are also involved, in fact 130,000 euros, cases of 200,000 euros in bank accounts, as well as various bank guarantees with the same degree of effect in its interior.
Since el robo de joyas of October 19, 2025 The Louvre Museum faced a number of problems that highlighted its structural and managerial fragility.
The attack, which involved 88 million euros worth of French crown jewels, caused a “chronic underestimation” of the risk of breaches and the obsolescence of security systems.
The investigation revealed coordination failures and insufficient teamswhich led to the formation of a management and security committee as well as the announcement of the installation of several perimeter cameras and one police station.
In parallel, the museum suffered partial deaths due to the fragility of life in the Campana Gallery and the flood that resulted in hundreds of ancient books.
These accidents, resulting from permanent employment due to damage to the building and personal injury, worsened reputational crisis. In early 2026, the Louvre continued to partially reopen and retreat in its comprehensive reform plan.
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