There was jubilation last week as Radovan Karadic (the most wanted man in Europe) was caught after 13 years on the run. The worst crimes on his indictment are the 43-month siege of Sarajavo in which 10,000 civilians were killed and the massacre of 7000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenicain in July 1995. There are thousand of fugitives around the globe including terrorists, killers, drug smugglers, and war criminals. This is a list of 10 such fugitives – 10 of the world’s most evil and dangerous men on the run. Many more could have made this list, so this is just a brief account of some of the well-known and not so well-known criminals from around the globe.
He escaped from a prison transport van in June 2003, he was being taken from Brixton prison to face charges over a £1.25 million security van heist in which the driver of the van was shot in the knee after he was ordered to open the door while his colleague was pistol-whipped. His partner in crime was convicted in February of using a gun to escape from the van. Detectives have vowed that Cunningham will have his day in court.
Linked to 18 murders he has evaded the FBI for 9 years. Known as Whitey, the 78-year-old Boston crook is on the U.S. 10 most wanted list for drug dealing, money laundering, extortion, murder and other organised crimes. He is known to use disguises to visit libraries and historic sites. The FBI is offering $1 million for information leading to his arrest.
The top target of American drug enforcement administration, also known as Shorty, the 54 year old heads the Sinaloa Cartel International drug traffickers, he reputed pays up to $2 million to lieutenants to keep him safe and is said to change mobile phones after each conversation. Loera follows the Sinaloan credo of not killing innocent people and is regarded as a Robin Hood type character.
In 1990 following the collapse of his Polly Peck business empire he fled from the UK to northern Cyprus. He was prosecuted on various counts of theft and fraud but failed to appear for trial in 1993 having absconded to the unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus – which has no extradition treaty with the UK. He is wanted on theft charges of 34 million. In 2003 he vowed to return to clear his name but refused until the British Government promised not to remand him in jail until his trial.
The former KGB spy aged 42 is wanted in the UK for the murder of soldier and spy Alexander Litvinenko, who died in 2006 after being poisoned with radioactive polonium-210 in London. The authorities say they have enough to charge Lugovoi but the Russians refuse to hand him over. He protests his innocence from Moscow and claims MI6 spies, the Russian Mafia or Kremlin opponent Boris Berezovsky carried out the killing.
So far 83 people wanted for genocide by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (UN-ICTR) have been apprehended. Augustin Bizimana is the most senior of the 13 remaining still at large. The 54 year old former defense minister faces charges over the massacre of 800 000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 1994. Six years ago the U.S. offered a $5 million reward for his capture but he has evaded capture.
The UN says the ethnic cleansing carried out by Sudanese dictator Omar Hassan al-Bashir left 300 00 dead and 2.5 million homeless in the Darfur region, where his regime used rape as an instrument of terror. International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo requested a warrant to arrest him on 10 charges genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity but critics said it would make matters worse for the people of Darfur. Last week al-Bashir, 63, danced in front of a massive crowd and gave a defiant speech during a visit to Darfur.
Known as Dr Death SS officer Dr Aribert Heim is accused of the killing and torture of inmates at the Mauthausen concentration camp. Now 94, his methods included injecting toxic compounds into the hearts of victims and performing surgery without anaesthetic. He is one of the last major Nazi fugitives still at large. He fled Germany in 1962. This month, it was revealed he was living in Chile. The Simon Wiesanthal Centre and German and Austrian governments are offering a $495,000 reward.
Mladic, 66, was Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic’s army chief and a key figure in the ethnic cleansing of Croats and Muslims. He was indicted for genocide by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (UN-ICTY) at The Hague in 1995. The Serbia government is offering $1 million for his capture while the USA is offering $5 million. He is one of only two of 161 wanted by the UN-ICTY who remain free. The other is Goran Hadzic who faces 14 counts of war crimes.
The man allegedly behind the world’s worst terror attack continues to evade justice almost seven years after 9 /11 in which 3000 people died. Saudi Arabian Osama Bin Laden, 51, has also been indicted over the 1998 embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya. There is almost $50 million reward on his head. His most likely whereabouts are thought to be around the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. US intelligence officials believe that he no longer uses a cell phone.
Contributor: Tamala
According to celestial formations, Bin Laden will be caught this year.
looks like your celestial formations were wrong xD
nah forget it bin laden is never gettin caught they'll never catch him alive or dead
he already got caught hes dead now
looks like you were wrong! hehehe
Looks like romerozombie has lost his brain X)
Good call
Emmanuel Goldstein … er, sorry, Osama bin Laden, died in December, 2001. Killed by Omar Sheikh. His funeral was well reported in Pakistan and Syria. Both Pervez Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto – leaders of a country that would be in position to know – have made public comments about this. Khalid Sheikh Muhammed has also told this to American officials, but of course, the CIA has admitted that they destroyed the tapes of his interrogation. As for his inclusion on the most wanted list? Get real. As Richard Myers said, "The goal has never been to get Bin Laden." Pretending he is still alive makes for a convenient boogie man to inspire fear and terror whenever the current administration needs the public to feel fear and terror – witness the visceral comments to this very article – but it's naive to believe he's still out there on the run.
I don’t think you were right lol
Entertaining list, keep it up.
Excellent list
laden is not really a ‘fugitive’, is he? great list but laden, come on… the citizens of the western world open your eyes.
kinda freaky knowing these people are still out there :S
great list as always! quite a few spelling mistakes though.. (The Andrei Lugovoi section) sorry for being an ass!
nice list, but there is spelling mistakes in number six and seven Whish (which) and inj (in)
Cool list
Haha… when I got to number 9 (James J Bulger) I was momentarily confused – James B. Bolger is a former prime minister of New Zealand. I am glad they’re not the same person
Not sure but I think bin laden is searched by the FBI only for the attacks in 93 (?) .
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I will edit the spelling errors out – I published with only half the spell check done by mistake – I am not at home at the mo but it will be fixed within the hour.
Oh – and Tempyra: to make things even more confusing, James Bulger was the name of the little boy slaughtered by the scummy English children who are now roaming the streets of England free! More on that on this list – item 4.
bushdick…..wow, do you really believe that Osama bin Laden is not a fugitive? He was behind the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, the US Cole bombing in Yemen, the attacks on the US Embassies mentioned in the list, and let’s not forget the failed 1993 attack on the World Trade Center. So, don’t tell the Western world to open our eyes…open your eyes, my friend
Way to pull the punches out this tuesday on listverse!
Your story bit on Joaquin Guzman Loera made me think of the patron saint of/to drug dealers/trafficers/lords– one Jesus Malverde. He had become a “folk hero”, also represented as a “robin hood” of the peole. Real “cocaine songs” have been made about him.
actually Joaquin (el chapo) Guzman is like a hero to some ppl. he has many songs and movies made after him. He has united his cartel with that of El Mayo Zambada. and Jesus Malverde is now considered the saint of all narcs.
Happy Birthday Tamala!!!! How come we get the present?
Good job. Nice List.
ty MOM424
Josh, i had a feeling the inclusion of Bin Laden would fuel some debate, i almost left him out, there seemed no point in putting him at no2 or no7, he was either no1 or nowhere. The term fugitive implies that someone is on the run while others are actively trying to catch them. My personal opinion is that for various reasons this is NOT the case with Bin Laden.
A list like this will be viewed by most people in the context of their own geographical and social conditions, -one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter- kind of thing, many others could’ve made this list including North Korea’s Kim Jong-il, Burma’s junta leader Than Shwe, Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe and Uzbekistan’s Islam Karimov, and lets not forget, former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger has been accused of committing war crimes in Indochina, Bangladesh, East Timor, Chile, Cambodia, and Vietnam amongst others.
Some of these guys could double as the most evil men list. I didn’t know there were Nazis we still hadn’t caught. Where does he get the money to keep people from turning him in?
jfrater: Yeah that occurred to me after posting my first comment, that the name was familiar for more than one reason.
I recall reading somewhere in the last year that one of those kids (who killed the child James Bulger) was now living in Australia. Dunno if it was fact or rumour though.
Wow i can not believe Nazis are still on the run like that. i guess some people never die. i almost thought it was a wasted effort to keep searching for them cause old age should have killed any of the survivors but at 94 i bet he thought he got away for good. i hope he is caught and a message is sent that no one can run from justice if you have truely committed crimes against humanity like they did.
Tamala – Thanks for the list! Hope you have a lovely birthday
edit done.
ty Tempyra
, in my home town of Paisley, Scotland we recently had a case where someone living here was accused by locals of being Robert Thompson, one of the murderers of James Bulger, he eventually left town after the police failed to give commitments concerning his personal safety, the other murderer, Jon Venables, was indeed roumored to have relocated to Australia.
Cyn: many thanks – to be honest – in my state of sobriety (or lack thereof) I think I would have made things worse!
AmazingThor: more to the point – how old must these nazis be now? Is it worth the expense and effort to track them down when they are living in hiding and have no chance of normal life before they die? Maybe it is – I don’t know.
Cmon jfrater…
Where are the real fugitives? People like Félicien Kabuga, there is a $5 million dollar reward out for his capture!
I guess it is ironic that the convicted murderer of James Bulger should have moved to Australia – for reasons that will be obvious to those who know Aussie’s history
silarulz!: according to Wikipedia: “According to June 2008 reports by the Norwegian-based African Press International (API) Kabunga was in hiding in Oslo, Norway and might be seeking to turn himself in.” – hardly fugitive if he is considering turning himself in
Jfrater first of all let me apoligise for the shocking spelling mistakes, completely unforgivable and thanks to Cyn for the edit, as you know this is only my 3rd list on here, so have to do better in future.
your comment @ 24 i completely agree i really cant see the purpose of hunting for these people anymore.
@ 26 exactly what i was thinking when i was writing the reply lol
Tamala: no probs on the spelling issue – I normally do a better job of checking but as I said, we hit a glitch today
Diogenes: I don’t say this often enough, but I do love reading your comments – they are a breath of fresh (albeit often unusual) fresh air
man those are some mean sons of *****es i didnt know that humans could have so much disregaurd for there fellow man thats crazy
Great list!
I was going to say that Victor Bout should be on the list but remembered that he’d been caught just this march.
jfrater and tamala: Maybe the “old” Nazis are being hunted to help his victim’s families. I don’t think it is a case of whether or not it is “worth it the expense”. Maybe it is for closure. If you have ever truly been a victim of this type, you would know what I am saying.
trojan_man: having never been a victim of genocide I shall have to take your word for it – thank for replying to my question!
Dr.Death was recently exposed by a tabloid in the UK(if I remember correctly)-I couldn’t believe that even at 94 he was having no remorse whatsoever about his victims and was boasting about his terrible deeds.
It seems that so many people nowadays are compared to Robin Hood -the poop guy has become the most used and abused comparison figure in history.It is time for somebody to put together Top 10 Robin Hoods of our time….
There are now visa requirements for British criminals to come to Australia!
I agree with trojan_man – for the crimes the Nazi’s perpetrated against humanity, they all should be brought to justice no matter how long it’s been or how old they are. It would almost be like they got a free ride. All time spent in hiding true, but they still hadn’t stood trial for their crimes.
To be fair, Bin Laden has never been charged with the Sept. 11th attacks. Technically he is only wanted for the embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
I second the notion of a list of the Top 10 Real Robin Hoods… i could make it myself but i cant as i cant read or write.
maybe im just too lazy.
Good list, it’s interesting to read about these people.
Jfrater: Kabuga is in Kenya. I saw him today on my way to work!
@ Tamala
np
@ J
Interesting list, though Asil Nadir (no 7) seems to stick out like a sore thumb amongst the perpetrators of murders and genocide (though I know nothing of him beyond what is mentioned here).
NOT that Nadir’s fraud is justifiable at all or that he shouldn’t be punished, but you would think there are *more* wanted and dangerous killers or something. He just doesn’t seem to fit in with the rest of the list. Curious.
Cool
jfrater:
“I guess it is ironic that the convicted murderer of James Bulger should have moved to Australia – for reasons that will be obvious to those who know Aussie’s history
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A subtle piece of Aussie-baiting lol
Tamala: Wow, wouldn’t it be horrible if the guy wasn’t him? Being compelled to leave a town because people might think you’re a child killer.
If I recall correctly there were lots of rumours going around (here in Aussie-land) that Jon Venables was involved in the murder of a small girl at a shopping centre in Western Australia. I think the police decided it was someone else entirely, but a lot of people were pretty annoyed (having found out through the publicity of the murder) that another government let the guy come here like a normal immigrant.
Interesting list. One comment about hunting down Nazi criminals. I know they’re old, most of them are dead, but hunting them down does serve a purpose. Many would be members of regimes around the world who are committing crimes now should be aware that once they stop they can’t just live peacefully for the rest of their days. They will have to look behind their shoulders forever. It’s not a punishment to equal the atrocities they’re committing but it doesn’t give them a free ride. It seems somehow inadequate but it really does need to be done.
great list, very entertaining, keep up the good list!
Personally, I think it’s entirely appropriate that someone from Paisley should come up with a list of ne’er-do-wells and all round ‘scunners’.
Iain (ex-Greenock)
A good number of people think Bin Laden is dead…
Tamala, “bushd***” (classy name, btw)–so, Bin Laden isn’t really a fugitive and might even be classified a “freedom fighter,” huh? I tell you what–let’s set up a situation where you are faced with the choice of diving off a skycraper or roasting alive–the situation the 9/11 victims faced. You people literally make me ill.
Well done on the list Tamala… great read it was informative without being too much.
Oh and btw: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
id love to catch Bin Laden id take a blow tourch to his whole body
and some one up there said that Bin Laden wasnt a fugitive and that we need to opean our eyes you my friend are RETARTED take a second and think about what you just have said yeah every one on this list is a bad person and they all needa be delt with….. im just sayen to me Bin Laden is pure evil to have his followers do something like 9/11 or the many more attacks that he has been behind im glad he needs to be number one
Ian @ 47 lmao i see these scunners everyday as you know
SocialButterfly @50 tyvm
Flock O’Seagulls @49 i didnt say Bin Laden was a freedom fighter i was merely quoting an old saying to demonstrate how different people with different belief systems from around the world can have entirley different opinions. I neither said he wasnt a fugitive or that he was a freedom fighter. Please read comment 16 again
@Jake: I’ve not read the argument so far, but do you not see the irony?
Bin Laden I won’t defend, his actions are abhorrent. *But* how is it any different from the actions of those hunting him? Or the actions of our own countries past and present?
When Bin Laden kills innocents, it’s *evil* right? When we kill innocents, it’s a means to an end. We think we’re allowed, but we’re just the same.
I mean, take Hiroshima & Nagasaki for instance- the largest loss of life by terrorist action (if I’m not mistaken). You can say we murdered all those innocents as a means to an end, so it’s okay. But isn’t Bin Laden doing exactly the same thing- killing as a means to an end?
Again, not defending him- I see him as guilty as you do, but if he’s “Pure Evil” then what does that make us, killing innocents in an attempt to fight him/killing innocents to fight faux-Communism/killing hundreds of thousands of innocents to display nuclear power to the Soviets/killing innocents for resources/killing innocents to protect the interests of companies abroad etc etc etc?
I don’t reckon there’s such a thing as “good” and “evil”, but whatever.
Nice list by the way, I’ll keep an eye open just in case
“you my friend are RETARTED”
Comment of the day?
Rey “As Richard Myers said, “The goal has never been to get Bin Laden.” that was another reason i thought twice about including Bin Laden, as i said in an earlier post i didnt believe he was in the true sense of the word a *fugitive*
he aint hiding, and no1 is looking for him!!!
Hobolad, how exactly was Hiroshima and Nagasaki a ‘terrorist action?’
Because Japan was gonna surrender in a matter of days and we knew that but still dropped the bombs that killed hundreds of thousand of men, women and children….thats why.
Fascinating group of criminals but I can’t figure out why Dick Cheney isn’t listed.
Temyra (56)
Nay.
Comment of the YEAR.