1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,733 Speaker 1: from News Talks, a'd be. 3 00:00:12,813 --> 00:00:16,253 Speaker 2: If you're anything like me. The moment you saw that 4 00:00:16,293 --> 00:00:20,293 Speaker 2: the world's most famous art gallery had been robbed of 5 00:00:20,333 --> 00:00:25,413 Speaker 2: the French Crown jewels, one thing immediately came to mind. 6 00:00:31,053 --> 00:00:35,453 Speaker 2: I mean, it's silly, really, because at the end of 7 00:00:35,533 --> 00:00:37,693 Speaker 2: the day, it's a crime, right, it is a crime, 8 00:00:37,733 --> 00:00:41,573 Speaker 2: and it is a serious crime. Nevertheless, for whatever reason, 9 00:00:41,613 --> 00:00:46,333 Speaker 2: it's just hard to totally ignore the audacity and the 10 00:00:46,453 --> 00:00:50,293 Speaker 2: romance of it all. After all, what's the difference between 11 00:00:50,333 --> 00:00:55,013 Speaker 2: a robbery and a heist? Whatever it is that distinguishes 12 00:00:55,093 --> 00:01:05,173 Speaker 2: those words robbery and heist, there is something seductive. We 13 00:01:05,173 --> 00:01:08,573 Speaker 2: were told the thieves were organized, right, We were told 14 00:01:08,613 --> 00:01:12,253 Speaker 2: that they were efficient. We were told they used specialist equipment. 15 00:01:12,853 --> 00:01:14,293 Speaker 2: And I don't know about you, but I kind of 16 00:01:14,333 --> 00:01:17,933 Speaker 2: imagined a Tom Cruise like figure firing a grappling hook 17 00:01:17,933 --> 00:01:21,813 Speaker 2: out of a special gun, repelling from the ceiling acrobatically 18 00:01:21,893 --> 00:01:25,853 Speaker 2: navigating a room of invisible lasers, any of which, if broken, 19 00:01:25,853 --> 00:01:29,693 Speaker 2: would immediately trigger an alarm, shut down the windows and exits, 20 00:01:30,013 --> 00:01:32,973 Speaker 2: and a carbon dioxide pump that would starve the room 21 00:01:33,053 --> 00:01:37,813 Speaker 2: of oxygen. And suffogate the thieves where they stood. Alas, 22 00:01:38,493 --> 00:01:41,013 Speaker 2: as more detail has emerged over the last two weeks, 23 00:01:41,053 --> 00:01:44,573 Speaker 2: it's become clear the louver heist was less mission impossible 24 00:01:45,173 --> 00:01:49,933 Speaker 2: and more mission to might attend that specialist equipment we 25 00:01:49,933 --> 00:01:53,293 Speaker 2: were told about that the thieves used. Yeah, it was 26 00:01:53,333 --> 00:01:56,333 Speaker 2: a plain old over the counter angle grinder, kind of 27 00:01:56,373 --> 00:01:59,293 Speaker 2: like the secondhand makita that I've gotten my tools covered 28 00:01:59,293 --> 00:02:02,973 Speaker 2: at home. I've never thought about it before, but the 29 00:02:03,093 --> 00:02:08,533 Speaker 2: problem with publicly displaying crowned jewels worth tens or hundreds 30 00:02:08,533 --> 00:02:13,173 Speaker 2: of millions of dollars is that security in the display 31 00:02:13,253 --> 00:02:16,693 Speaker 2: cases can only go so far. So, as well as 32 00:02:16,733 --> 00:02:20,933 Speaker 2: being really hard to open for potential thieves in the 33 00:02:20,973 --> 00:02:24,453 Speaker 2: event of the fire, the cases need to be openable 34 00:02:24,493 --> 00:02:27,613 Speaker 2: in a few seconds, so they need to be both 35 00:02:28,493 --> 00:02:33,333 Speaker 2: super secure but also super accessible. What could possibly go wrong? 36 00:02:35,013 --> 00:02:38,253 Speaker 2: What the thieves seemed to have worked out is that 37 00:02:38,373 --> 00:02:41,173 Speaker 2: using an axe or a hammer was a bad idea 38 00:02:41,493 --> 00:02:44,613 Speaker 2: in the louver that would have potentially taken hundreds of 39 00:02:44,653 --> 00:02:48,013 Speaker 2: blows to break through and get the goods. But the 40 00:02:48,133 --> 00:02:52,933 Speaker 2: museum's own fire fighting handbook reportedly lays out the best 41 00:02:53,013 --> 00:02:56,373 Speaker 2: course of action for anyone quickly wanting to access the 42 00:02:56,413 --> 00:03:03,773 Speaker 2: louvers secure display cases. You don't smash, you cunt. Although 43 00:03:03,813 --> 00:03:06,973 Speaker 2: they have now made a series of arrests, lesson abound 44 00:03:07,053 --> 00:03:10,373 Speaker 2: for the French authorities. It's shocking they had such poor 45 00:03:10,853 --> 00:03:14,933 Speaker 2: security camera coverage around the museum. But as more and 46 00:03:14,933 --> 00:03:16,973 Speaker 2: more detail comes to light, I reckon there is a 47 00:03:17,053 --> 00:03:22,213 Speaker 2: valuable lesson in this for all of us. The disguises 48 00:03:23,453 --> 00:03:27,373 Speaker 2: the thieves weren't in military fatigues. They weren't dressed in 49 00:03:27,493 --> 00:03:31,093 Speaker 2: all black. They weren't wearing crazy masks like the ones 50 00:03:31,093 --> 00:03:36,373 Speaker 2: in Money Heist. They were wearing the universal uniform of authority, 51 00:03:37,093 --> 00:03:41,413 Speaker 2: the good old high viz vest. It is a great irony, 52 00:03:41,453 --> 00:03:45,733 Speaker 2: isn't it. The great irony is that a garment designed 53 00:03:45,813 --> 00:03:50,733 Speaker 2: to be seen has become so ubiquitous we now don't 54 00:03:50,773 --> 00:03:53,573 Speaker 2: see it, even when it's being worn by thieves in 55 00:03:53,693 --> 00:03:56,773 Speaker 2: broad daylight, stealing some of the most valuable jewelry in 56 00:03:56,853 --> 00:04:02,013 Speaker 2: the world. The Paris police, who had street cameras trained 57 00:04:02,053 --> 00:04:05,693 Speaker 2: on the area where the thieves parked their truck, sheepishly 58 00:04:05,733 --> 00:04:08,373 Speaker 2: admitted this week that no one paid any attention to 59 00:04:08,413 --> 00:04:11,893 Speaker 2: the men on the video feed. Why well, in their 60 00:04:11,973 --> 00:04:15,533 Speaker 2: Hiver's vests. They just looked like a regular construction crew, 61 00:04:15,813 --> 00:04:19,973 Speaker 2: said a police spokesperson in Paris, like most cities, has 62 00:04:20,013 --> 00:04:24,733 Speaker 2: heaps of construction. It looks increasingly likely the men will 63 00:04:24,733 --> 00:04:28,013 Speaker 2: not get away with their theft, and though clearly they 64 00:04:28,013 --> 00:04:32,333 Speaker 2: were organized, this was hardly the perfect crime. They dropped 65 00:04:32,333 --> 00:04:34,573 Speaker 2: some of the jewels and left heaps of the evidence 66 00:04:34,573 --> 00:04:36,573 Speaker 2: at the scene. They tried to burn the truck, but 67 00:04:36,613 --> 00:04:39,773 Speaker 2: the gas tank wouldn't catch. The big question now is 68 00:04:39,773 --> 00:04:44,213 Speaker 2: whether or not the jewels are still intact. Still these 69 00:04:44,253 --> 00:04:48,693 Speaker 2: thieves have proved one thing for the biggest height, for 70 00:04:48,733 --> 00:04:52,453 Speaker 2: the biggest heist at the world's most famous museum in 71 00:04:52,493 --> 00:04:56,093 Speaker 2: more than one hundred years, so the biggest heist since 72 00:04:56,133 --> 00:04:58,493 Speaker 2: the Mona Lisa was pinched from the Louver way back 73 00:04:58,493 --> 00:05:03,453 Speaker 2: in nineteen eleven. You only need three things. Number one, 74 00:05:04,013 --> 00:05:07,853 Speaker 2: a charge battery for your angle grinder. Number two, an 75 00:05:07,893 --> 00:05:13,053 Speaker 2: ear of confidence and purpose, and number three, most importantly, 76 00:05:14,053 --> 00:05:15,493 Speaker 2: a high is vest. 77 00:05:16,293 --> 00:05:19,373 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 78 00:05:19,453 --> 00:05:22,293 Speaker 1: to news Talks at b from nine am Saturday, or 79 00:05:22,373 --> 00:05:24,253 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.