Pickpockets force closure of Paris Louvre

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Staff of the Louvre Museum in Paris walked out on Wednesday, April 10, in protest of a growing number of “increasingly aggressive” pickpockets who target both workers and tourists. This forced the French museum shut that day. Museum staff said thieves, mostly children, were targeting employees and tourists alike. Management said they had already demanded greater police presence and had filed a complaint with prosecutors in December 2012. The Louvre, home to the Mona Lisa, is said to be the most visited art museum in the world, receiving almost 10 million visitors in 2012.

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