Pickpockets force closure of Paris's Louvre museum: union

PARIS - Agence France-Presse

The Louvre museum was closed on April 10, 2013 as the reception staff called a strike due to pickpockets becoming more and more numerous and agressive.AFP PHOTO/ LIONEL BONAVENTURE

Paris's Louvre museum was on Wednesday closed due to a walkout by some staff in protest at a growing number of increasingly aggressive pickpockets targeting both workers and tourists, a union said.

Management said it had already lodged a complaint with prosecutors in December 2012 and demanded a greater police presence at one of the most visited museums in the world.