Germany’s most wanted woman jailed after three decades evading police

Daniela Klette, a former member of the Red Army Faction, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison by a German court for armed robberies committed between 1999 and 2016. Klette, who had evaded police for over three decades, was the last female member of the far-left terrorist network still at large before her arrest in Berlin in February 2024. The court found her guilty of six counts of aggravated robbery, kidnapping for ransom, and possession of military weapons, which were used to fund fugitives. Her accomplices, Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub, remain at large. Klette was tracked down after living under a pseudonym and was found with weapons, forged documents, and significant cash believed to be proceeds from the robberies.

Daniela Klette, a former member of the German militant group Red Army Faction (RAF), has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for a series of armed robberies. The robberies, which occurred between 1999 and 2016, involved Klette and two other former RAF members, Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub, who remain at large. The court found Klette guilty of aggravated robbery, violating weapons laws, and other offenses. These crimes included raids on supermarkets and armored vans across northern and western Germany, with the final incident in 2016 netting nearly €1.4 million. Klette was apprehended in Berlin in February 2024, after evading authorities for over 30 years.