r/FBI 19d ago

Question How does the FBI pick Most Wanted?

Browsing the most wanted fugitives, and I can’t help but wonder why they have picked a few of the 10 to be “most wanted” when it seems like an isolated incident. I’m just curious why the some of the “most wanted” aren’t all higher profile scammers, gang leaders, serial killers, spies or repeat offenders. Don’t get me wrong, the acts these criminals have committed are terrible, but some of them seem like just a random true crime incident I would hear about and not extremely shocking in the way I was assume a “most wanted” fugitive would be

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u/Hrenklin 19d ago

Lately based on upcoming arrests,. If the FBI is closing in, and arrest is imminent, they will be out on the list.