Notable Individuals Pursued or Found By Nazi-hunters
- Adolf Eichmann was pursued by Wiesenthal before being kidnapped and smuggled from Argentina by the Israeli spy agency Mossad and tried in Israel, after which he was then executed.
- Klaus Barbie, the "Butcher of Lyon" was extradited from Bolivia after earlier attempts by Serge and Beate Klarsfeld to track him.
- Josef Mengele, the "Angel of Death", was sought in various South American countries by Mossad, Wiesenthal and the Klarsfelds before his death.
- Eduard Roschmann was sought by Wiesenthal in Argentina.
- Gustav Wagner, the "Wolf", was sought by Wiesenthal in Brazil.
- Erich Priebke was sought in Argentina.
- Boļeslavs Maikovskis was a Latvian Nazi collaborator, pursued to Mineola, New York by Welles.
- Josef Schwammberger was traced to Argentina by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Welles.
- Dinko Šakić was pursued to Argentina by Zuroff.
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