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=== Eichmann's capture ===

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Mossad is most famous for successfully tracking down and capturing [[Nazi]] [[war criminal]] [[Adolf Eichmann]]. In 1960, Mossad learned that Eichmann was in [[Argentina]]. After tracking him down and watching him for some time, Mossad agents kidnapped him as he got off his bus. He was then smuggled out of Argentina to [[Israel]]. Eichmann was tried, convicted, and hanged on June 1st, 1962.

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Mossad is most famous for successfully tracking down and capturing [[Nazi]] [[war criminal]] [[Adolf Eichmann]]. In 1960, Mossad learned that Eichmann was in [[Argentina]]. After tracking him down and watching him for some time, Mossad agents kidnapped him as he got off his bus.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/813770.html Haggai Hitron, ''The monster is in handcuffs', ''Haaretz'', January 16, 2007]</ref> He was then smuggled out of Argentina to [[Israel]]. Eichmann was tried, convicted, and hanged on June 1st, 1962.

==Trial ''in absentia''==

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