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[narrator] It's the heist
that shocked the world.
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It was brilliant.
Absolutely brilliant.
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It's an absolute travesty.
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These guys pulled off
the job of the century.
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The French crown jewels...
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Gold, diamonds.
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...worth $100 million...
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They took the bling-bling
jewels.
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...stolen in broad daylight.
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We were scared.
We were terrified.
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From the world's
most famous museum.
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Your balls better be
pretty big, especially going
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into the Louvre.
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This is the inside,
minute-by-minute story
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of how they did it.
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Nobody had a gun.
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It was a real slap
in the face.
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And may have
gotten away with it.
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The French police,
they're like bloodhounds.
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$102-million question--
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Where's the jewels?
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[suspenseful music plays]
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- [sirens wailing]
- [ticking]
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The Louvre is the biggest
museum in the world,
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covering over
750,000 square feet.
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Once a royal palace, it houses
artworks worth billions.
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1,300 security cameras
monitor 403 galleries.
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Around 9 million visitors
a year pass through
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the museum's turnstiles.
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My name is Elaine Sciolino.
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I'm a lifelong journalist.
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I always tell people who are
coming to Paris, "Never go to
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"the Louvre on an empty stomach
and with a full bladder because
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"you won't find anything good to
eat and you will walk for miles
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before you find a toilet."
You've got 400 rooms.
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If you were to walk
through every single room,
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it would be nine miles.
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So you have to go
geared for battle.
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- [ominous chord strike]
- [ticking]
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At 9 AM, the Louvre opens
its doors to the public.
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I'm Frederic Serrier.
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I'm a security agent
in the Louvre.
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At 9:00
I was welcoming people.
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I was checking the tickets.
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I love working on Sundays.
Everything is quiet.
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Yes, I was not "very happy"
to work, but I was OK.
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- I was OK.
- I'm Jake Barker.
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I'm Holly Barker, and I am
from Indianapolis, Indiana.
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It was a perfect day
for visiting a museum.
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It was rainy, overcast.
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I wanted to be, you know,
one of the first people
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in line.
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We were third in line
with about 100 other people.
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We started with the Mona Lisa.
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So the third thing on our list
was the Apollo Room.
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An overlooked exhibit.
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It was a miniature
hall of mirrors sort of
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mimicking Versailles.
- It was built by Louis XIV.
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He wanted to build a wonderful,
gold room to Apollo.
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It's the most beautiful
jewelry box in the world.
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For over a century,
the Apollo gallery
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has been home to France's
remaining crown jewels.
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I'm Carol Woolton,
I'm a jewelry expert.
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The jewels, they're a connection
to the nation's identity,
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culture, history, and monarchy.
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So, they're incredibly
important artifacts.
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[Larry] What are they worth?
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To me, they're worth
the diamonds that are in them.
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To France, they're worth
a lot more.
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[speaking foreign language]
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I'm Larry Lawton,
the biggest jewel thief
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in the United States.
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I robbed over
$18 million in diamonds.
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- [ominous chord strike]
- [ticking]
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[Jacob]
At 9:32, I remember taking
a picture of the Apollo Room.
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It's a gorgeous room.
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It's these deep colors,
red, blue, paintings,
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and then these gorgeous glass
cases in the middle of the room
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filled with precious,
royal artifacts.
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Outside the gallery window,
a truck has pulled up.
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Four men disguised
as construction workers
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set cones up on the sidewalk.
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The Louvre always has workers
inside the Louvre
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and outside the Louvre.
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I think they tried to blend in
to the construction
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that was taking place
at the Louvre at the time.
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Obviously, they had
construction vests.
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[speaking foreign language]
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You got four guys, the truck.
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Nobody thinks a thing on the--
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People are oblivious.
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The truck has a mechanical
ladder, which the men extend to
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the second story balcony,
unseen by anyone inside.
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The one CCTV camera
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that was available
at the scene was
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pointed in another direction,
not at the balcony.
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The heist has begun...
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in broad daylight.
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Once it starts, it starts.
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You can't stop.
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[speaking foreign language]
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[Larry] What's going
through their mind?
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"I'm doing it."
It's an adrenaline rush.
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Every thought in my head
is not about getting caught.
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It's not about
the money itself.
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My thoughts are the guys.
How are they gonna do?
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[David, speaking
foreign language]
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The people you have
on your team,
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will they perform
under pressure?
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While two men head up to
the balcony, the other two
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hold their position below
on getaway scooters.
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There's nothing unusual
to see people climbing up
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on the outside of the Louvre.
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[speaking foreign language]
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The men on the balcony prepare
to break through the window.
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[speaking foreign language]
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No one in the gallery has
any idea what's coming.
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I specifically remember
looking at
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that emerald necklace that was
Napoleon's second wife's,
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and I just thought it was
absolutely gorgeous.
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So at 9:32 and we enter,
two minutes later, I am
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halfway down, maybe a little
more down that long corridor,
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and Jake's, you know,
the first case in,
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still in the middle.
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I did take a photo of
the unicorn mermaid teapot.
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I took that photo at 9:33.
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[ticking]
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[bangs echo]
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We heard several loud bangs
coming from the furthest window
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from the entrance.
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Everyone froze and looked
at the balcony window.
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Someone is trying to get in.
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You could feel
the walls vibrating.
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I've never been in, like,
a home invasion situation,
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but I imagine it's like that.
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What got the hairs on
everyone's neck to stand up was
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that distinct sound
of a metal circular blade
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making its way through glass.
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- Zzzzzzz.
- [blade grinding]
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So all they're concerned is
get through that glass,
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and they are frantic because
they knew they were on a timer.
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When a person does a robbery,
you have in your head
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how much time you got
to get in and out by.
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The second the blade
touches the glass,
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an alarm is triggered.
- [alarm wailing]
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[ticking]
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[speaking foreign language]
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Inside the Apollo gallery,
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panic breaks out.
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As a teacher, we have these
active shooter drills.
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The attendant is yelling
for everyone to run or get out.
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I feel like I was in
an active shooter situation
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and kept wondering,
"But where is the gunshots?"
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Like, that was what was going
through my mind.
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We were scared.
We were terrified.
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We thought that
our lives were in danger.
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We grabbed each other
by the arm and ran back
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through the entrance.
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We just didn't know what was
about to come through
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that window, but we didn't want
to stick around to find out.
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[tense music plays]
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Barely 30 minutes after
opening, the world's largest
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museum, the Louvre, has been
breached by two masked men
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wielding disc cutters.
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Captured on dramatic phone
footage, terrified tourists
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flee from the scene of
the second-floor break-in.
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We were told to run,
we did, we grabbed
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each other's hand
and get out of that room.
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[indistinct yelling]
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Back in the Apollo Gallery,
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the intruders used
their high-powered tools
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as weapons to threaten
the guards.
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Louvre security people are not
armed, and it's not their job
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to confront another person.
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They-- they have not been
trained to stop a crime.
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We cannot fight anyone
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because we are not police,
police officers.
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It's not our job
to confront gangsters.
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[Larry]
There's no armed guards.
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I mean, it blows me away that
nobody had any kind of weapon.
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I saw one of the Louvre staff
members shut what looked like
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iron gates to the entrance
of the Apollo room.
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I remember him
looking panicked.
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[suspenseful chord strike]
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[woman, speaking
foreign language]
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An alert goes out
over the radios to all of
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the Louvre's security guards.
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[Frederic] I heard
a stressed voice.
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It was something like,
"We have intruders,
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people entering the museum
from the window."
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A lot of people thought,
is it a terrorist attack?
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Hearing that was terrifying.
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Inside the Apollo Gallery,
the thieves' every move is
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captured on
surveillance cameras.
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Only a select few outside of
law enforcement have seen
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this CCTV material,
including journalist
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Jean-Michel Decugis.
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[speaking foreign language]
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[ticking]
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The thieves turn both disc
cutters on the display cases.
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Inside lie the French crown
jewels, including two
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diamond necklaces,
a pearl tiara,
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and a 170-year-old crown
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encrusted with over
a thousand diamonds.
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Their value?
Over $100 million.
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They'd definitely
done their homework.
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They knew which showcases
to target.
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The thieves are cutting
through reinforced glass
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specially designed to
protect against bullets.
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The plexiglass or glass that
covers these cases can
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withstand hundreds of hits from
a hammer and are bulletproof.
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Yet this glass is designed
with one deliberate weakness.
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In the Louvre, there is
a manual which states that
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the only way to get into
those cases in the event of
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an emergency is
to use a disc cutter.
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That would give someone
probably an idea that maybe
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there was some type of
insider influence in this case.
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How did they know that
the glass could be cut
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with those grinders?
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I mean, that's
an important question.
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[David, speaking
foreign language]
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Yet something
unexpected happens.
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[speaking foreign language]
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The thieves have been
attacking the cases
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for around a minute
when Louvre HQ alerts
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the Paris Police Department.
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[ticking]
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The gang are now racing
against the clock
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to smash, grab, and run.
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With no power to intervene,
the guards capture evidence
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by covertly filming them.
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[speaking foreign language]
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[ticking]
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It's now almost two minutes
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since the robbers broke in
to the gallery...
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but they still haven't
broken through the glass
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protecting the jewels.
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[Robert]
At that point, they might have
thought they were in there
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for too long, so therefore
they went into a hurry-up mode,
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which could have been
a bit of a panic mode for them.
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[speaking foreign language]
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Panicking and losing what
you know is the worst thing
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that can happen in a robbery.
It is not easy to do.
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With the nearest police
station only half a mile away,
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law enforcement
are rapidly closing in,
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and the robbers become
more and more frantic.
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[speaking foreign language]
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After more than two minutes,
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brute force finally pays off.
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[speaking foriegn language]
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But the job's not over.
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[speaking foreign language]
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Of course,
one thing you never do
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is lump jewelry together
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because diamonds can cut
other diamonds.
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They were just
chucking it in there.
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[suspenseful music plays]
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[ticking]
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It's been a breakneck three
minutes to get into the cases
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and snatch the jewels.
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But with the police now
only seconds away,
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the thieves face the riskiest
part of the whole operation,
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the escape.
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Somebody set the robbery up
very well, but where they made
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their mistake was getting away.
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[speaking foreign language]
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Why did these guys panic
after, somewhat panic after
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they got the jewels?
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Because they were so excited,
they probably didn't even think
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they were gonna
get that far.
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Their dramatic escape is
captured on a witness's phone.
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[Robert] They were panicking.
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They were looking in
all directions trying to see
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which direction they'd
have to make their getaway in.
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On the street, roughly 20 feet
below, two accomplices are
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ready to flee on
high-powered scooters.
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[indistinct]
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Finally, the thieves jump down
and tear away through
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the morning traffic.
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[motor whirring]
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In eight minutes, four brazen
thieves broke into and hijacked
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the nation's most
prized treasures.
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A heist that will
go down in history.
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As far as we can tell,
Holly may have been
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the last person to see them.
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I didn't think they would have
left with so many pieces
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of jewelry.
It's an absolute travesty.
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And now what?
You know, now what?
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That's the thing.
Now what?
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[siren wail echoes]
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[ticking]
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Just four minutes after
breaking into the Louvre,
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the criminals speed off.
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They needed to get out
as quickly as possible
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from the entire scene.
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[speaking foreign language]
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[ticking]
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Amid the growing chaos,
security raced to the scene.
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But among the debris,
a glimmer of hope.
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Just under the balcony,
I found something shiny.
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[Elaine] The crown was made
for Empress Eugénie.
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It had more than a thousand
diamonds and probably
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50-some emeralds.
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It was unique and a piece
of French history.
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To find the crown of Eugénie
was heartwarming.
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The race was then on,
so, of course, panic sets in.
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I did 25 jewelry stores
and never dropped an earring
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or a ring, no less a crown
that could fit on my head.
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But even without the crown,
thieves still got away with
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eight pieces of priceless
jewelry in just eight minutes.
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They basically emptied out
the two showcases that
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they could get into.
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They just beat the
government of France
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out of their crown jewels.
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Just moments behind them,
police raced to the scene.
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The police got word of
the theft from a cyclist.
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Within minutes, we're watching
armed, national police
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ascend the stairs of the Louvre.
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I think that's when it
first really sank into me,
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like, "This is a big deal."
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But the crown is not
the only thing the thieves
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have left behind.
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[tense music plays]
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[speaking foreign language]
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If there's one thing
the French do well, it's DNA.
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French investigators have
found 150 samples connected
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with this crime.
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All that DNA,
and you think you're gonna
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get away with it?
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That's why they're
not professionals.
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00:22:01,053 --> 00:22:04,156
To burn that lift would have
been so easy.
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I've done it.
335
00:22:05,557 --> 00:22:07,292
[speaking foreign language]
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[hissing]
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Just moments after the alarm
goes off, a team of experts
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mobilize to
find the perpetrators.
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They are not going to recover
the jewelry without first
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arresting the criminals.
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The French police are taking
this very seriously.
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They've got over 100 officers
working on
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the investigative process.
They've contacted Interpol.
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[Robert]
The investigation itself
in Paris would have been led
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by the BRB, which is
an elite group of investigators.
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They're like bloodhounds.
347
00:22:52,804 --> 00:22:55,607
They go out and they fan out
and they can smell out
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all of the criminals.
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Once they have the DNA,
it's just a matter of time
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before they
pick up the suspects.
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00:23:00,746 --> 00:23:04,249
[Larry] I honestly believe
that the police knew
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within 48 hours, they knew
who those people were.
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00:23:09,087 --> 00:23:11,356
[Christian, speaking
foreign language]
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As hours turn to days,
investigators work
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around the clock to monitor
and identify
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00:23:36,381 --> 00:23:38,483
the suspected perpetrators.
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00:23:38,583 --> 00:23:40,318
[Larry]
They're gonna follow them,
they're gonna monitor them,
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and they're gonna know
more about their lives
359
00:23:42,854 --> 00:23:43,855
than they know.
360
00:23:46,024 --> 00:23:49,227
And every passing minute
means increased risk.
361
00:23:49,327 --> 00:23:51,897
[speaking foreign language]
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[Robert]
You don't want to let the
individual out of the country
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because you don't
want them coming out of
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the area where
you have control.
365
00:24:03,642 --> 00:24:06,678
If that was me, my crew and I
and the whole jewels would have
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00:24:06,778 --> 00:24:10,582
been out of that country within
12 hours or less than that.
367
00:24:15,854 --> 00:24:18,924
Six days into the search,
surveillance leads
368
00:24:19,024 --> 00:24:20,892
investigators right to the airport.
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00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:27,199
[Jean-Michel, speaking
foreign language]
370
00:24:43,882 --> 00:24:47,986
To put yourself through
the scrutiny at an airport is
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a amateurish mistake.
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00:24:50,188 --> 00:24:52,924
[Larry] Six days and one guy's
trying to board a plane?
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Call it what it is.
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00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:57,762
Stupid idiots.
Such a shame.
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00:24:57,863 --> 00:24:59,698
I wish they knew me.
Boy...
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00:25:00,732 --> 00:25:01,833
if I had that jewelry.
377
00:25:08,106 --> 00:25:10,208
40 minutes later,
378
00:25:10,308 --> 00:25:14,279
police move in on a suspect
in a Paris suburb.
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00:25:16,648 --> 00:25:18,917
[Jean-Michel, speaking
foreign language]
380
00:25:27,225 --> 00:25:30,362
They didn't live in some, you
know, fancy neighborhood.
381
00:25:30,462 --> 00:25:32,797
They were kind of street guys
like I was.
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00:25:32,898 --> 00:25:34,833
[Elaine] Those neighborhoods
are often referred to
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as troubled suburbs of Paris.
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00:25:38,270 --> 00:25:42,173
And it seems as if those
who have been arrested were
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00:25:42,274 --> 00:25:45,076
considered petit voyous,
small thieves
386
00:25:45,176 --> 00:25:47,612
or small gangsters.
- They're not professionals.
387
00:25:47,712 --> 00:25:50,215
They're thieves, and they got
big cojones, they have
388
00:25:50,315 --> 00:25:53,418
big balls, but they're
not professionals.
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00:25:53,518 --> 00:25:55,720
[Jean-Michel, speaking
foreign language]
390
00:26:06,431 --> 00:26:09,134
[Christopher]
They were somewhat amateurish,
but they did get away
391
00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:11,403
with the jewels, which was
their ultimate goal,
392
00:26:11,503 --> 00:26:13,905
and thus far,
they have succeeded.
393
00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:16,942
With the clock ticking,
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00:26:17,042 --> 00:26:19,744
the two suspects are
brought in for questioning.
395
00:26:19,844 --> 00:26:21,913
[Robert] They're brought in
for interrogation,
396
00:26:22,013 --> 00:26:23,715
and they partially confessed.
397
00:26:23,815 --> 00:26:26,051
[speaking foreign language]
398
00:26:43,768 --> 00:26:46,871
With the evidence mounting,
police close in on
399
00:26:46,972 --> 00:26:48,807
their next suspects.
400
00:26:48,907 --> 00:26:51,076
[frantic music plays]
401
00:26:57,882 --> 00:27:00,785
Four days after the first
arrests, police carry out
402
00:27:00,885 --> 00:27:04,055
a series of raids
and arrest four more suspects
403
00:27:04,155 --> 00:27:05,557
at a soccer match.
404
00:27:06,558 --> 00:27:09,260
[Christopher]
The fact that the suspects
were arrested at a match shows
405
00:27:09,361 --> 00:27:11,329
me they felt confident
406
00:27:11,429 --> 00:27:13,431
that they were gonna get away
with this crime.
407
00:27:13,531 --> 00:27:16,835
And I think it shows that
the suspects simply do not fear
408
00:27:16,935 --> 00:27:18,370
French law enforcement.
409
00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:20,605
So out of the five people
that were arrested
410
00:27:20,705 --> 00:27:24,309
in the second go around, two of
them have been charged
411
00:27:24,409 --> 00:27:26,678
with criminal conspiracy
and theft.
412
00:27:26,778 --> 00:27:29,314
And in fact, they have
a relationship together.
413
00:27:29,414 --> 00:27:31,650
You had a team of individuals
who knew each other.
414
00:27:31,750 --> 00:27:33,885
[speaking foreign language]
415
00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:48,566
It's pure and simple.
Stones equal money.
416
00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:52,470
Criminals will steal anything
of value with no regard for
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00:27:52,570 --> 00:27:54,806
its cultural significance
or its importance to
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00:27:54,906 --> 00:27:56,441
the French people
or to the world.
419
00:27:56,541 --> 00:27:59,110
You're not there to say,
"Oh, let's not rob this one
420
00:27:59,210 --> 00:28:02,914
because this is the crown that,
you know, Napoleon's wife."
421
00:28:03,014 --> 00:28:05,550
Well, I can't give a [bleep]
about Napoleon's wife.
422
00:28:05,650 --> 00:28:06,651
You're there for the diamond.
423
00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:12,123
Three out of the four alleged
main perpetrators are now
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00:28:12,223 --> 00:28:15,960
in custody, and one woman
suspected of aiding the crime
425
00:28:16,061 --> 00:28:18,863
has been released
under judicial supervision.
426
00:28:18,963 --> 00:28:21,599
But if the suspects are telling
the truth that they were hired
427
00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:24,636
guns, one key question remains.
428
00:28:24,736 --> 00:28:27,806
The $102 million question--
429
00:28:27,906 --> 00:28:29,507
Where's the mastermind?
430
00:28:38,483 --> 00:28:41,419
Thieves pulled off a heist
at one of the most important
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00:28:41,519 --> 00:28:44,222
museums in the world,
but the ringleader behind
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00:28:44,322 --> 00:28:47,459
the operation could
still be at large.
433
00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:49,661
[speaking foreign language]
434
00:28:53,932 --> 00:28:57,769
Right now, he or she is
feeling pretty confident that
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00:28:57,869 --> 00:28:59,137
they've gotten away
with this crime.
436
00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:03,875
As police hunt relentlessly
for the perpetrators,
437
00:29:03,975 --> 00:29:07,445
one suspect in custody is
unmasked to the world
438
00:29:07,545 --> 00:29:09,380
by Jean-Michel Decugis.
439
00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:12,450
[speaking foreign language]
440
00:29:27,365 --> 00:29:29,434
When you're talking about
somebody who likes to flex
441
00:29:29,534 --> 00:29:32,270
and show off on social media,
it doesn't surprise me that
442
00:29:32,370 --> 00:29:35,340
they could have the audacity
to take on the Louvre.
443
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,510
Whether that was by ego
or bravado, it might land them
444
00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:40,712
in a very nice egoistic jail.
445
00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:47,585
Pieces of the puzzle
are coming together,
446
00:29:47,685 --> 00:29:51,222
but police still grapple
with the ultimate question.
447
00:29:51,322 --> 00:29:53,658
The one criminal they haven't
arrested yet could be the one
448
00:29:53,758 --> 00:29:55,593
that holds the jewelry.
449
00:29:55,693 --> 00:29:57,195
Hello? Hello?
450
00:29:58,229 --> 00:29:59,230
Where's the jewels?
451
00:30:00,899 --> 00:30:03,835
The police need to persuade
the suspected thieves
452
00:30:03,935 --> 00:30:05,537
to rat out their boss.
453
00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:08,540
The first one in is gonna
get the benefit, so that's why
454
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,576
right now probably the police
are playing each one against
455
00:30:11,676 --> 00:30:14,212
the other to see who's gonna
be the first one to work
456
00:30:14,312 --> 00:30:16,281
with them.
- You couldn't have got my boss.
457
00:30:16,381 --> 00:30:17,382
No way in hell.
458
00:30:17,482 --> 00:30:19,818
You gotta prosecute me
and let me do my time.
459
00:30:24,589 --> 00:30:26,724
[speaking foreign language]
460
00:30:39,871 --> 00:30:42,574
French police can only
hold suspects in custody
461
00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:44,175
for 96 hours.
462
00:30:45,243 --> 00:30:46,377
And they're running
out of time.
463
00:30:49,013 --> 00:30:51,382
[speaking foreign language]
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00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:02,360
[Christopher]
I'm convinced that Parisian
authorities will catch
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00:31:02,460 --> 00:31:05,063
the people responsible for
this crime, but will they do it
466
00:31:05,163 --> 00:31:07,365
in time to recover the jewelry?
I don't think so.
467
00:31:11,703 --> 00:31:15,006
French authorities know this
heist is about more than
468
00:31:15,106 --> 00:31:17,175
the value of the gems.
469
00:31:17,275 --> 00:31:19,477
This was an attack on
the soul of the nation.
470
00:31:20,478 --> 00:31:23,715
These are pieces of history.
They're very symbolic.
471
00:31:23,815 --> 00:31:25,917
They're cultural threads
of France.
472
00:31:28,086 --> 00:31:31,456
200 years after the end of
the French monarchy,
473
00:31:31,556 --> 00:31:35,393
the last remaining pieces of
its memory have been stolen.
474
00:31:36,761 --> 00:31:40,698
In 1887, the French sold off
77,000 crown jewels,
475
00:31:40,798 --> 00:31:42,767
and Charles Tiffany bought
a third of them and sold most
476
00:31:42,867 --> 00:31:44,969
of them to rich American women.
477
00:31:45,069 --> 00:31:47,739
And the Louvre has been trying
to buy back the crown jewels
478
00:31:47,839 --> 00:31:49,140
ever since.
479
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:53,077
The crown jewels are hot
property and can't just be sold
480
00:31:53,177 --> 00:31:54,579
on the black market.
481
00:31:54,679 --> 00:31:57,715
I believe they targeted
the most valuable jewels
482
00:31:57,815 --> 00:31:59,550
that they were able to sell.
483
00:31:59,651 --> 00:32:02,720
The real art in an art heist,
it isn't the stealing,
484
00:32:02,820 --> 00:32:03,955
it's the selling.
485
00:32:04,055 --> 00:32:06,391
And what are you gonna
do with it once you have it?
486
00:32:06,491 --> 00:32:08,826
Most people get rid of
the jewelry through a fence.
487
00:32:08,927 --> 00:32:12,263
Who knows something is stolen,
buys it at a very cut-low
488
00:32:12,363 --> 00:32:15,099
price, and then
gets rid of it himself.
489
00:32:15,199 --> 00:32:18,736
They took the bling-bling
jewels easier to grab and steal
490
00:32:18,836 --> 00:32:21,873
and maybe sell because a lot of
the diamonds were smaller.
491
00:32:21,973 --> 00:32:24,509
Every one of these criminals
better think,
492
00:32:24,609 --> 00:32:26,844
"Can you get rid of it?"
493
00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:29,981
Where you gonna sell it?
You can't.
494
00:32:30,081 --> 00:32:33,351
No one with a good reputation
is going to touch them.
495
00:32:33,451 --> 00:32:35,219
Anyone would raise the alarm.
496
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,856
You could bury them
anywhere for 25-30 years.
497
00:32:38,957 --> 00:32:39,958
You could dig them up.
498
00:32:40,058 --> 00:32:42,060
And then go back
when the heat's off them a few
499
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,129
months or years later.
- You can't do that to money.
500
00:32:45,229 --> 00:32:46,230
Money will get rot.
501
00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:52,670
Investigators race
against the clock to prevent
502
00:32:52,770 --> 00:32:54,339
a worst-case scenario.
503
00:32:54,439 --> 00:32:57,175
When it comes to jewelry,
breaking the stones up does
504
00:32:57,275 --> 00:32:59,911
two things for a criminal--
it hides the evidence of
505
00:33:00,011 --> 00:33:02,780
their crime, and it allows them
to monetize the theft
506
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:04,649
as quickly as possible.
507
00:33:04,749 --> 00:33:07,318
They'll pop the diamonds out of
the settings and sell those
508
00:33:07,418 --> 00:33:10,188
separately, melt down
the precious metals into
509
00:33:10,288 --> 00:33:12,523
a smelter and just sell that
as gold weight.
510
00:33:13,958 --> 00:33:15,994
But cutting these unique
pieces up
511
00:33:16,094 --> 00:33:19,297
requires real criminal
underworld expertise.
512
00:33:19,397 --> 00:33:23,267
The most impeccable
Ceylon blue sapphires.
513
00:33:23,368 --> 00:33:25,603
There are nearly 3,000 diamonds
in that one.
514
00:33:25,703 --> 00:33:29,307
It's not that hard,
once you get these jewels out
515
00:33:29,407 --> 00:33:33,011
of France, to go to places like
Tel Aviv or Antwerp or even
516
00:33:33,111 --> 00:33:36,681
India, where there are jewelry
specialists and people
517
00:33:36,781 --> 00:33:37,882
who recut stones.
518
00:33:38,883 --> 00:33:42,387
If people are skilled
and they're good jewelers,
519
00:33:42,487 --> 00:33:44,455
they can remove stones
from settings
520
00:33:44,555 --> 00:33:45,890
very easily and quickly.
521
00:33:46,891 --> 00:33:50,228
There's always going to be
some dodgy jeweler out there
522
00:33:50,328 --> 00:33:52,663
that isn't gonna ask
any questions, unfortunately.
523
00:33:55,933 --> 00:33:56,934
There's another theory--
524
00:33:57,935 --> 00:33:58,936
They kept them,
525
00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:01,706
they're hidden,
and they're gonna use them
526
00:34:01,806 --> 00:34:03,241
as a bargaining chip.
527
00:34:03,341 --> 00:34:04,876
[Robert] If they steal these
things, then they don't have
528
00:34:04,976 --> 00:34:06,577
a place to sell them.
They hold on to them,
529
00:34:06,677 --> 00:34:08,880
and if they get in trouble,
530
00:34:08,980 --> 00:34:12,016
they can use them as
negotiation chips to try to get
531
00:34:12,116 --> 00:34:13,117
their charges dropped.
532
00:34:15,019 --> 00:34:17,655
[Christopher] These jewels would
be a good bargaining chip.
533
00:34:17,755 --> 00:34:21,259
But don't forget,
they don't want to be caught
534
00:34:21,359 --> 00:34:22,460
with the jewels.
535
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,495
They want to get away with
them, and they want to
536
00:34:24,595 --> 00:34:25,596
break them up.
537
00:34:26,764 --> 00:34:29,867
The Louvre heist sends a wave
of panic around the world
538
00:34:29,967 --> 00:34:32,737
as investigators ask how
the audacious plan was
539
00:34:32,837 --> 00:34:35,606
pulled off.
- They came up with a good plan.
540
00:34:35,706 --> 00:34:37,975
How did they think of it?
How did it happen?
541
00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:39,343
What were they trying
to get away with?
542
00:34:51,622 --> 00:34:55,626
Five days after the heist,
under a secret police escort,
543
00:34:55,726 --> 00:34:58,029
the Louvre transports
its remaining jewels to
544
00:34:58,129 --> 00:34:59,163
an underground vault.
545
00:35:00,665 --> 00:35:03,067
The central bank of France
would be like Fort Knox.
546
00:35:03,167 --> 00:35:07,205
It's like the most secure place
in the entire French government.
547
00:35:08,206 --> 00:35:10,141
[Carol] I think the thieves
targeted the Louvre Museum
548
00:35:10,241 --> 00:35:11,676
because they could get in.
549
00:35:11,776 --> 00:35:16,013
This is a great robbery
for an opportunist.
550
00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:18,616
You found a weakness,
you exploited it.
551
00:35:18,716 --> 00:35:22,053
And when the opportunity
presents, there are six things
552
00:35:22,153 --> 00:35:23,988
on the checklist
to pull off a heist.
553
00:35:25,723 --> 00:35:28,693
Number one, location.
554
00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:32,263
Within the sprawling Louvre
complex, the Apollo Gallery is
555
00:35:32,363 --> 00:35:34,532
on a corner overlooking
a busy road.
556
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,970
I was very surprised that
you can take a truck like that
557
00:35:39,070 --> 00:35:42,340
and go right up to that window
and not have a little distance,
558
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,742
maybe a fence or something
you have to go through.
559
00:35:44,842 --> 00:35:47,245
I'm not talking about
Spider-Man going up
560
00:35:47,345 --> 00:35:48,813
the side of a building.
561
00:35:48,913 --> 00:35:51,949
A lift went right to that one
level, jumped over the thing
562
00:35:52,049 --> 00:35:54,852
and getting in a window.
That's a vulnerability.
563
00:35:54,952 --> 00:35:57,054
[Christian, speaking
foreign language]
564
00:36:06,664 --> 00:36:08,733
Number two, access.
565
00:36:10,268 --> 00:36:12,603
The crown jewels are
displayed near a window.
566
00:36:13,938 --> 00:36:17,475
Former thief David Desclos
discovered this weakness
567
00:36:17,575 --> 00:36:20,945
five years ago when he was
invited to the Apollo Gallery.
568
00:36:21,045 --> 00:36:22,513
for a podcast.
569
00:36:22,613 --> 00:36:25,316
[speaking foreign language]
570
00:36:40,531 --> 00:36:44,735
Number three, it helps to have
insider information
571
00:36:44,835 --> 00:36:47,138
[Larry] My theory how this
could've went down--
572
00:36:47,238 --> 00:36:49,507
One guy has a girlfriend
who works there.
573
00:36:49,607 --> 00:36:51,475
Talk about the Louvre,
how easy it is.
574
00:36:51,576 --> 00:36:53,244
Oh, there's really no security.
575
00:36:53,344 --> 00:36:56,581
Hey, there was a window with
a balcony, and he's talking to
576
00:36:56,681 --> 00:36:59,450
his friends, and now they come
up with a plan, say,
577
00:36:59,550 --> 00:37:02,220
"Let's do this."
Come on, they're criminals.
578
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,188
When you're a criminal,
you're a criminal.
579
00:37:04,288 --> 00:37:07,258
A suspected crew member is
rumored to have had
580
00:37:07,358 --> 00:37:09,193
insider knowledge
581
00:37:09,293 --> 00:37:11,495
from working at
a nearby museum.
582
00:37:12,763 --> 00:37:15,733
[Frederic] Working in the museum
to know how it works,
583
00:37:15,833 --> 00:37:20,404
it's basic, you know,
it's basic knowledge.
584
00:37:20,504 --> 00:37:23,074
[Larry] The guys who did this
robbery knew
585
00:37:23,174 --> 00:37:25,610
what the protocols
for security were, too.
586
00:37:26,744 --> 00:37:29,480
Number four, the crew.
587
00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:33,184
Once the opportunity is
confirmed, they recruit a team
588
00:37:33,284 --> 00:37:35,253
to cover every skill set.
589
00:37:38,055 --> 00:37:40,324
[speaking foreign language]
590
00:37:50,668 --> 00:37:53,304
[Larry] But you're going over
with your crew-- your job,
591
00:37:53,404 --> 00:37:56,340
your job, your job.
You make them repeat it,
592
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,276
you make them talk back
till they're going,
593
00:37:58,376 --> 00:38:00,311
"I know, I know, I got it."
No, you don't.
594
00:38:00,411 --> 00:38:01,679
Number five,
595
00:38:03,014 --> 00:38:04,415
the plan.
596
00:38:04,515 --> 00:38:07,652
Once the crew is assembled,
they case the joint to
597
00:38:07,752 --> 00:38:08,753
formulate the plan.
598
00:38:09,754 --> 00:38:11,989
[speaking foreign language]
599
00:38:14,659 --> 00:38:18,095
[Christopher]
To criminals, cultural heritage
means nothing.
600
00:38:18,195 --> 00:38:23,000
This only is jewels,
gold, diamonds, cash.
601
00:38:24,568 --> 00:38:27,138
[Larry] They had to go to the
Louvre multiple times, at least,
602
00:38:27,238 --> 00:38:28,639
you know, as casing the place.
603
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:31,008
And you know
what's interesting?
604
00:38:31,108 --> 00:38:33,010
They didn't touch
the crown of Louis XV.
605
00:38:34,478 --> 00:38:37,782
The thieves must have known
the jewels in that crown
606
00:38:37,882 --> 00:38:38,883
are fake.
607
00:38:40,885 --> 00:38:43,354
Number six, the gear.
608
00:38:43,454 --> 00:38:46,057
There's no heist without
the right equipment.
609
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,930
You could buy it at Home Depot
or Lowe's you know, it's not
610
00:38:53,030 --> 00:38:54,532
like it's a big tool.
611
00:38:56,634 --> 00:38:58,869
[David, speaking
foreign language]
612
00:39:10,081 --> 00:39:13,918
Now, all they need is to find
a way up to the balcony.
613
00:39:14,018 --> 00:39:16,153
[Jean-Michel, speaking
foreign language]
614
00:39:33,371 --> 00:39:36,240
And they thought, "Well,
maybe we could sell this
to make some money."
615
00:39:36,340 --> 00:39:38,409
And then all of a sudden,
they had a bright idea.
616
00:39:38,509 --> 00:39:41,045
This will get us up to that
balcony we were looking at
617
00:39:41,145 --> 00:39:42,680
to get into the crown jewels.
618
00:39:42,780 --> 00:39:44,749
And all of a sudden,
the light bulb goes off,
619
00:39:44,849 --> 00:39:46,384
and here we go.
620
00:39:46,484 --> 00:39:49,787
With the location,
insider information,
621
00:39:49,887 --> 00:39:55,326
access, a crew, gear,
and a plan, the greatest heist
622
00:39:55,426 --> 00:39:57,661
in modern times
is set in motion.
623
00:39:58,696 --> 00:40:00,865
It was brilliant.
Absolutely brilliant.
624
00:40:00,965 --> 00:40:05,069
I mean, not mastermind
material, but a brilliant plan.
625
00:40:05,169 --> 00:40:07,872
Planning was good.
Execution was terrible.
626
00:40:07,972 --> 00:40:09,540
It was very sloppily done.
627
00:40:11,208 --> 00:40:13,711
[Larry] So these guys had
their plan to get in.
628
00:40:15,112 --> 00:40:16,847
Getting out was
a little bit different.
629
00:40:16,947 --> 00:40:19,450
This can't be well organized
in the beginning,
630
00:40:19,550 --> 00:40:23,020
and this [bleep] up in the end.
631
00:40:25,356 --> 00:40:27,658
The heist didn't go
exactly as planned.
632
00:40:29,059 --> 00:40:31,729
Suspects are in custody,
but the jewels,
633
00:40:32,763 --> 00:40:34,465
they're still out there.
634
00:40:34,565 --> 00:40:37,868
If there is a criminal looking
at this documentary,
635
00:40:37,968 --> 00:40:40,304
I have a message for him.
Give them back.
636
00:40:41,872 --> 00:40:44,809
For the criminals to take on
the Louvre, it was a real
637
00:40:44,909 --> 00:40:46,277
slap in the face.
638
00:40:46,377 --> 00:40:48,746
It should be a wake up call
to museums everywhere.
639
00:40:48,846 --> 00:40:50,681
If you can get into the Louvre,
640
00:40:50,781 --> 00:40:52,683
they can get into your museum
as well.
641
00:40:54,018 --> 00:40:55,786
As far as we can tell,
Holly may have been
642
00:40:55,886 --> 00:40:57,321
the last person to see them.
643
00:40:58,355 --> 00:41:02,860
I just think it's incredibly
sad, you know, that something
644
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:04,829
so historic was taken.
645
00:41:06,597 --> 00:41:10,067
It's our property,
not my property,
646
00:41:10,167 --> 00:41:12,636
but the property of the nation.
647
00:41:12,736 --> 00:41:19,043
That is something far, far more
precious than 88 million euros.
648
00:41:20,444 --> 00:41:23,380
Where's the mastermind?
He's gone.
649
00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:26,283
He's got the jewels,
and I respect the guy a lot.
650
00:41:30,955 --> 00:41:31,956
I might move to Europe.