Overview
- A 38-year-old woman from Seine-Saint-Denis was formally indicted as an accomplice in organized robbery and criminal association and was placed before a judge in custody.
- Two men aged 34 and 39 remain under formal accusation after partial admissions, with one stopped at Charles de Gaulle Airport while trying to fly to Algeria and the other arrested in Aubervilliers.
- Investigators have detained seven people in total with some later released, and reporting now indicates four are in jail, including three of the four suspected direct participants.
- The Napoleonic jewels valued at about €88 million have not been recovered, a jeweled crown lost during the escape was retrieved, and authorities are checking parallel markets with concerns about laundering or trafficking.
- The seven-minute daytime raid used a truck lift to reach the Galerie d’Apollon, and a government review has criticized chronic security shortcomings, including previously reported weak passwords on surveillance systems cited in a 2014 assessment.