The Paris prosecutor’s office has asked to bring Giuliano Ruffini to trial on charges of commercial fraud and money laundering, while also seeking to extend the arrest warrant for Italian artist Lino Frongia, whom investigators believe is hiding in Italy. Prosecutors are also seeking a trial for Ruffini’s son Mathieu and two intermediaries, while they want to drop the most serious charge of gang-related fraud.

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A week after the daring robbery of the Louvre, the Paris police arrested two suspects: as the newspaper Le Figaro found out, one was preparing to board a flight to Algeria, the other planned to flee to Mali. The Paris prosecutor stated that premature disclosure of information about the arrests could harm the interests of the investigation. After all, many thefts of exhibits from the Paris museum remained unsolved for a long time.

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