Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced on Saturday that two new suspects had been charged in connection with the Louvre robbery, nearly two weeks after the heist.

The suspects are a 37-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman. The man is suspected of being part of the gang that carried out the robbery and is facing charges of organized theft and criminal conspiracy. The woman is charged with complicity in the crime.

Both suspects have been remanded in custody and deny the charges. Three other individuals arrested on Wednesday evening have been released without charge at this stage, according to the prosecutor's office.

These decisions bring the total number of people formally charged in the case to four. The first two suspects charged had "partially admitted" their involvement.

The loot, a collection of royal jewelry valued at 88 million euros ($102 million), remains missing. Authorities have not ruled out the possibility that the pieces may have been broken up and illegally resold abroad.

"There are several hypotheses regarding the items, including that they have already been sold abroad. But I remain confident that we will be able to recover them," Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said in an interview published Saturday by Le Parisien.

On Friday, Culture Minister Rachida Dati pointed to a "chronic and structural underestimation of the risk of intrusion and theft" at the Louvre over the past twenty years. She announced an emergency plan to strengthen security before the end of the year, which will include new anti-intrusion barriers and upgrades to alarm and video surveillance systems.

The museum's director, Laurence des Cars, offered her resignation after the heist, but it was rejected.