Most wanted list

The reporter asked the FBI to provide names and descriptions of the "toughest guys" that the agency wanted to capture.

After observing the high level of public interest generated by the resulting news story, Hoover decided to publish a formal list.

[4] In such collective scenarios, there is a common assumption that making it onto a fugitive-like list necessitates rendering such an individual as a leading figure within one's field of turpitude.

However ofttimes such an individual's upturn in notability may largely stem from notoriety caused by mainstream media sensationalism or in international situations, due to a shared nationality between the suspect and the jurisdiction of the law enforcement agency.

[1] Interpol publishes a list of "red notices" identifying and describing fugitive persons who are wanted by a national jurisdiction and are being sought internationally for capture and extradition.