Until his dramatic capture on May 16, in a dawn raid, one of the world’s most wanted fugitives had been living in hiding for 26 years. Here, for the first time, the man behind the manhunt describes how it worked and why it succeeded
took part in the raid. “After 26 years as a fugitive,” he said, “when you find 20 members of the gendarmerie, plus prosecutors, in your flat on a Saturday morning, you understand it is the end of the game.” Emeraux, as the head of France’s Office for Combatting Crimes Against Humanity, Genocides and War Crimes, worked closely with Brammertz. The French colonel explained that despite two months of intensive investigation, his team wanted proof positive that they had the right man.
When you became chief prosecutor in 2016, you changed how the fugitive-tracking team operated. Tell me about that—and how you homed in on Kabuga. At a time when nationalism is ascendant, Kabuga’s capture appeared to require considerable international coordination and cooperation. Is it fair to say that you adopted tactics, techniques, and procedures from the counterterrorism world—like “pattern of life” analysis—and applied them to the hunt for suspected war criminals?
Exactly. In the early days, the tracking team would follow leads provided by a number of so-called informants. But what we had learned with Mladić, definitely, and it’s absolutely the case with Kabuga, is that you have to go for the fugitive’s support network.
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