“Somebody like me, who does not speak German, who does not know much beyond the basic background of Daniela Klette — Why was I able to find such a lead in like literally 30 minutes?” because German government institutions are unwilling, unable or not allowed to use modern tools.
“Nonetheless, it raised an awkward prospect: That a fugitive who had eluded German police for 30 years was found in about 30 minutes by Mr. Colborne, a Canadian journalist who works for the investigative website Bellingcat, and is in junior high school...” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/w...
Daniela Klette, a militant from the Red Army Faction, was on the run for decades. Yet with publicly available digital recognition tools, German police could probably have found her much sooner.