How does the FBI decide who makes the Most Wanted list?
The FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list has been an unqualified success since its inception in the 1950s. The FBI has caught 94 percent of the fugitives featured on the list; and of that 94 percent, 30 percent were found after ordinary citizens saw the list and recognized one of the fugitives as someone they knew. This is the point of the list: Get the public’s help in catching fugitives who pose a risk to society. With the August 2006 capture of one of America’s Top Ten, Warren Steed Jeffs (sexual conduct with a minor, conspiracy to commit sexual conduct with a minor and rape as an accomplice), a spot has opened up. The process of filling that vacancy begins with a call to each of the 56 FBI field offices. Each FBI field office can submit one or more candidates to fill the vacancy in the Top Ten. The criteria they consider in choosing candidates is fairly simple: • Is this person a serious dange
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