Ex-RAF terrorist: Podcasters tracked down Burdock months ago

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A listener contacted the podcast makers of ‘Undone’ with an almost unbelievable story: an older woman identified herself at a party as Daniela Klette, dropped hints and showed an old wanted poster of herself.

The listener also provided the podcasters with a photo of the alleged ex-RAF terrorist, who enlisted the help of Canadian Bellingcat researcher Michael Colborne. But Colborne had to disappoint the listener: facial recognition software did not match the old mugshots.

Reverse search led to success

But what Colborne did: he fed the software with Klette’s old mugshots – and out came images of a woman active in Berlin’s Afrobrasil scene, practicing the combat dance Capoeira. The photos matched. Could it really be that the ex-terrorist lived in the middle of Berlin?

The podcast makers visited the Capoeira club and discovered that the woman in question had not shown up for training for a long time. They couldn’t find the woman, so the path turned into the sand. Ultimately, the makers didn’t really trust the software.

Now it turns out: it was actually Daniela Klette, who was active in the Capoeira scene in Berlin as ‘Claudia Ivone’ and, according to ‘Spiegel’, was involved in Brazilian cultural associations for years.

A hit within half an hour

But did the podcast makers’ tip lead to Klette’s arrest? This is not clear, as the State Criminal Investigation Department announced that they received the crucial tip from the public in November 2023 – shortly before the podcast was published.

The makers of the podcast tell Spiegel that they exchanged ideas with the researchers, but only to verify their own research.

Michael Colborne says it took him half an hour after work to give the software the right image numbers – and get a hit. The question arises: if tracking down the wanted terrorist using software was so easy, why didn’t the police do it long ago? According to Spiegel, legal obstacles could have stood in the way of the researchers. (neo)

Source: Blick