Hiding in Plain Sight

By Eric Stover, Victor Peskin, Alexa Koenig

Book cover of Hiding in Plain Sight: The Pursuit of War Criminals from Nuremberg to the War on Terror

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Hiding in Plain Sight tells the story of the global effort to apprehend the world's most wanted fugitives. Beginning with the flight of tens of thousands of Nazi war criminals and their collaborators after World War II, then moving on to the question of justice following the recent Balkan wars…

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Since international criminal courts and tribunals do not have their own police powers, they’re always dependent on the cooperation of others for the execution of their arrest warrants. Important here is that most of these courts do not allow for trials without the suspect in custody, making arrests a key condition for their effectiveness. I have always found the stories behind why some fugitives get arrested and others do not one of the most fascinating parts of international criminal justice.

This book tells the stories of several high-profile fugitives and how they were ultimately (not) arrested. It not only often…

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