Overview

• French authorities say the probe has made significant headway with several leads confirmed, though no suspects have been captured.
• The Prosecutor’s Office has warned against private online manhunts to preserve suspects’ presumption of innocence and maintain investigation integrity.
• During the mid-June raid, four armed intruders forced Robert and Carmen Geiss to open safes, injuring Carmen with a neck cut and kicking Robert in the ribs.
• After a period in Monaco, the couple fortified their villa with a new alarm system, video surveillance and a three-meter barbed-wire fence.
• The high-profile robbery underscores security challenges for affluent public figures in Saint-Tropez and France’s measured approach to criminal investigations.