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A basket lift used by thieves is seen at the Louvre museum on Sunday in Paris.
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A basket lift used by thieves is seen at the Louvre Museum on Sunday in Paris. Alexander Turnbull/AP hide caption

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Europe

Masked thieves steal 'priceless' jewels from the Louvre Museum

French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez called the heist "a major, highly organized operation" that lasted just seven minutes. Authorities were still drawing up the value of the stolen items.

Marion Ackermann, director general of the Dresden State Art Collections, points to a display case with some of the recovered jewelry during a press event at the Green Vault in Dresden, Germany, on Tuesday.

Marion Ackermann, director general of the Dresden State Art Collections, points to a display case with some of the recovered jewelry during a press event at the Green Vault in Dresden, Germany, on Tuesday. Jens Schlueter/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Jewels stolen during a brazen 2019 heist are back on display in Germany

The Grüne Gewölbe, or Green Vault, in Dresden said this week that the exhibit of historical items is reopening to the public in "almost all its glory" following the bold robbery five years ago.

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