The jailing of Germany’s most wanted woman – podcast
Daniela Klette, Germany's most wanted woman, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after decades on the run. Klette was a leading member of the Red Army Faction, a far-left militant group, and had been evading justice for violent crimes. Her sentencing marks the end of a long period of evasion, during which she lived a seemingly ordinary life in West Berlin under an assumed name.
- ▪Daniela Klette was sentenced to 13 years in prison for violent crimes committed as a member of the Red Army Faction.
- ▪Klette had been on the run for three decades before her arrest two years ago.
- ▪The Red Army Faction was a far-left militant group active in West Germany.
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Today in FocusGermanyThe jailing of Germany’s most wanted woman – podcastMore ways to listenApple podcastsSpotifyRSS FeedDownloadPresented by Annie Kelly with Deborah Cole and Jason Burke; produced by Tom Glasser, Saskia Collette, Ivor Manley and Rudi Zygadlo; executive producer Sami KentSun 7 Jun 2026 22.00 EDTShare00:00:0000:00:00Dancer, dog owner, bank robber. Germany’s most wanted woman, Daniela Klette, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after decades on the run. Deborah Cole and Jason Burke reportTo her friends and neighbours, there was nothing extraordinary about Claudia Ivone.As our Berlin correspondent, Deborah Cole, explains, the silver-haired 67-year-old had spent years living in the same apartment in a bohemian neighbourhood of West Berlin.
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