Overview
- Daniela Klette was sentenced to 13 years in prison by the Verden regional court on May 27 after being found guilty of aggravated robbery, weapons offences, kidnapping for ransom and related counts tied to robberies from 1999 to 2016.
- Klette was arrested in February 2024 after an investigative journalist used facial‑recognition tools to locate her living under an assumed name in Berlin, ending more than three decades in hiding.
- Police seized weapons, ammunition, a replica anti‑tank weapon, forged IDs, wigs, gold and roughly €240,000–€279,000 in cash at her flat, and prosecutors say DNA links tied two other suspects to the apartment.
- Authorities continue to seek alleged accomplices Ernst‑Volker Staub and Burkhard Garweg, and federal prosecutors have separately opened proceedings in Frankfurt over three early‑1990s RAF attacks that could lead to further charges.
- The case highlights how modern forensic methods and open‑source investigation can revive long‑dormant inquiries and it revives public debate over the RAF’s violent legacy and how to hold former militants accountable.