Question of the week 32: Fugitive

Hi and welcome to this week’s question of the week! This week, the word ‘fugitive’ will be covered in the following question:

How do fugitives get caught?

A fugitive is a person that is on the run from the government or the police, with the purpose of avoiding arrest. Individuals who have committed crimes such as corruption, drug dealing, and murder are most likely to become fugitives due to the severity of the crime and consequent penalty. Since individuals become fugitives when authorities cannot find them, various methods are required to find them. Here are five ways in which policemen can track down and catch fugitives:

• Use the location of bank transactions to trace the fugitive
• Use bounties (reward for capture) to encourage people to help find the fugitive
• Use family members to convince the fugitive to turn him/herself in
• Authorities collaborating with each other across regions/countries to share information on the fugitive
• Trace phone calls made by the fugitive

In short: A fugitive is a person that is on the run from the government or the police. Catching a fugitive may not be easy, but there are a number of methods to catch them. These include tracing bank transactions, bounties, using family members, having authorities collaborate, and tracing phone calls.

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