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Yesterday — 3 November 2025Main stream

Arrests in Louvre Heist Show Power of DNA Databases in Solving Crimes

3 November 2025 at 13:01
France’s trove of DNA profiles has helped solve high-profile crimes and was used to find some of the Louvre suspects, and it is growing. The police can also access other countries’ databases.

© Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Members of a forensic team inspect a window at the site where burglars broke into the Louvre and made off with eight of France’s historic crown jewels last month.
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