Today’s great thieves don’t wear tuxes, they wear beards and hijabs.
That cultural enrichment is really something. First you lose your country and then you lose your culture and then you lose your crown jewels (not necessarily in that order.)
The crown jewel theft captured the attention of the world and while the greatest detectives in the world looked for the perps, they were obligated to look past the obvious, which is that the perps here weren’t Steve McQueen or Cary Grant, but well, exactly who you would expect but aren’t supposed to expect.
According to the reports, the two men, both in their 30s, are residents of Saint-Denis, a Paris suburb known for its poorer and more crime-ridden neighborhoods. Police say both are known to law enforcement from previous burglaries. Earlier Sunday it was revealed that one suspect had been arrested at Charles de Gaulle Airport while attempting to flee to Algeria; later, it emerged that the second suspect was also planning to escape to Africa and was arrested at his home in Saint-Denis hours later as he prepared to fly to Mali.
Saint-Denis isn’t just “poor” or “crime-ridden”, its populace is mostly Muslim. And it’s also known as a ‘No-Go Zone’.
It was the target of ISIS raids and remains a terror hub.
Today’s great thieves don’t wear tuxes, they wear beards and hijabs.
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. Daniel became CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center in 2025.
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