After bin Laden, who is next?
AFTER the United States eradicated Osama Bin Laden, the focus is now on the other men listed among the world’s most wanted. Among them is Lord’s Resistance Army chief Joseph Kony, who has terrorised civilians in northern Uganda, Southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo for over two decades.
The other African on the list is Felicien Kabuga, who is believed to have heavily funded the Rwanda genocide in 1994.
World’s most wanted men
Joseph Kony, Ugandan
Since its formation in 1987 Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army has been known for nothing but brutality of unimaginable proportions. LRA fighters have cut off people’s lips and ears, forced captors to eat human flesh, abducted girls and turned them into sex slaves, and forced children to kill their parents.
They have terrorized civilians in Uganda, southern Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and more recently, Central African Republic (CAR).
The group, which claims to be fighting a spiritual war, has been listed by the United States as a terrorist group. Kony is believed to be roaming the forests in DRC and CAR.
The UN estimates that about 10,000 girls have become child mothers after LRA fighters abducted and turned them into sex slaves.
Joaquín Guzmán Loera, Mexican
Drug lord and Mexico’s most wanted man, heads the Sinaloa cartel, one of the biggest suppliers of cocaine to the United States of America.
In 1993, Loera was arrested in Mexico on homicide and drug possession charges. He, however, managed to escape from prison in 2001, reportedly through the laundry room and quickly regained control of his drug trafficking organisation, which he still controls today.
The 54-year-old, is also believed to have controlled Mexican and Colombian traffickers in 2008, where he laundered huge sums of money in proceeds from wholesale shipments to the US. The American government has offered a $5m reward for his capture.
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, Indian
India’s most wanted man heads D-Company, an organised crime group based in Mumbai. He reputedly oversees a criminal empire involved in all sorts of international activity, including drug trafficking, counterfeiting, weapons smuggling and murder.
Kaskar is suspected of having organised the 1993 Bombay blasts that killed 257 people and wounded 713.
The US has declared him a global terrorist and the United Nations has attempted to freeze his assets, in vain. Though the Pakistani government denies it, the 52-year-old Ibrahim is suspected to be living there.
Félicien Kabuga, Rwandan
Kabuga who was born in Muniga, Rwanda, was closely connected to Juvenal Habyarimana’s political party. He is believed to have heavily funded the 1994 genocide in Rwanda which claimed close to a million lives. Kabuga fled Rwanda in July 1994 and sought asylum in Switzerland on a valid visa.
Following his deportation there, he relocated to the Democratic Republic of Congo and later to Kenya. In 2002, the US offered a reward up to $5m for any information leading to his capture. In 2003, Kabuga, again, escaped an attempted arrest by both the Kenyan police and the FBI in Nairobi.
The police informer tasked with entrapping him was later found dead. It is now hoped that new financial restrictions on him will ensure his capture.
Matteo Messina Denaro
Denaro was born into a mafia family in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. He attained his mafia tactics from his father, Francesco Messina Denaro, who then headed the Mafia Commission of the Trapani region.
Denaro, who is estimated to have killed at least 50 people, learned to use a gun at 14, and committed his first of many murders at 18. “I filled a cemetery all by myself,” he once bragged.
Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich
Born on June 30, 1946 in Kiev, Ukraine, Mogilevich is a billionaire, organised crime boss believed by the European and United States federal law enforcement agencies to be the “boss of bosses” of most Russian Mafia syndicates in the world.
Mogilevich, nicknamed “The Brainy Don” because of his business acumen and degree in economics from Lviv University, allegedly controls RosUkrEnergo, a company currently actively involved in Russia–Ukraine gas.
James "Whitey" Bulger, American
Bugler is an alleged leader of the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish-American crime family based in Boston, Massachusetts.
He is the older brother of William Michael Bulger, a former President of the Massachusetts State Senate.
He is wanted for racketeering (commiting crimes like extortion, loansharking, bribery, and obstruction of justice in furtherance of illegal business activities).
Omid Tahvili, Iranian-Canadian
He was born on October 31, 1970 in Tehran, Iran and is the kingpin of an Iranian organised crime family in Canada, which is connected to various international crime organisations.
Tahvili currently heads a notorious Canadian organised crime syndicate and is also associated with India’s Dawood Ibrahim.
According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Tahvili came to Canada from Iran in 1994.
Tahvili has connections throughout Canada, Europe and the Middle East, and remains an international fugitive.
Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov, Uzbekistan
He is a Russian businessman, suspected criminal and former sportsman of Uyghur origin. He is accused in relation with organised crime and bribing of figure skating judges in the 2002 Winter Olympics.
His nickname is thought to be “Taiwanchik”, which refers to his distinctly Asian, as opposed to European facial features.
The US has a current arrest warrant out for him on fraud-related charges.
The other African on the list is Felicien Kabuga, who is believed to have heavily funded the Rwanda genocide in 1994.
World’s most wanted men
Joseph Kony, Ugandan
Since its formation in 1987 Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army has been known for nothing but brutality of unimaginable proportions. LRA fighters have cut off people’s lips and ears, forced captors to eat human flesh, abducted girls and turned them into sex slaves, and forced children to kill their parents.
They have terrorized civilians in Uganda, southern Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and more recently, Central African Republic (CAR).
The group, which claims to be fighting a spiritual war, has been listed by the United States as a terrorist group. Kony is believed to be roaming the forests in DRC and CAR.
The UN estimates that about 10,000 girls have become child mothers after LRA fighters abducted and turned them into sex slaves.
Joaquín Guzmán Loera, Mexican
Drug lord and Mexico’s most wanted man, heads the Sinaloa cartel, one of the biggest suppliers of cocaine to the United States of America.
In 1993, Loera was arrested in Mexico on homicide and drug possession charges. He, however, managed to escape from prison in 2001, reportedly through the laundry room and quickly regained control of his drug trafficking organisation, which he still controls today.
The 54-year-old, is also believed to have controlled Mexican and Colombian traffickers in 2008, where he laundered huge sums of money in proceeds from wholesale shipments to the US. The American government has offered a $5m reward for his capture.
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, Indian
India’s most wanted man heads D-Company, an organised crime group based in Mumbai. He reputedly oversees a criminal empire involved in all sorts of international activity, including drug trafficking, counterfeiting, weapons smuggling and murder.
Kaskar is suspected of having organised the 1993 Bombay blasts that killed 257 people and wounded 713.
The US has declared him a global terrorist and the United Nations has attempted to freeze his assets, in vain. Though the Pakistani government denies it, the 52-year-old Ibrahim is suspected to be living there.
Félicien Kabuga, Rwandan
Kabuga who was born in Muniga, Rwanda, was closely connected to Juvenal Habyarimana’s political party. He is believed to have heavily funded the 1994 genocide in Rwanda which claimed close to a million lives. Kabuga fled Rwanda in July 1994 and sought asylum in Switzerland on a valid visa.
Following his deportation there, he relocated to the Democratic Republic of Congo and later to Kenya. In 2002, the US offered a reward up to $5m for any information leading to his capture. In 2003, Kabuga, again, escaped an attempted arrest by both the Kenyan police and the FBI in Nairobi.
The police informer tasked with entrapping him was later found dead. It is now hoped that new financial restrictions on him will ensure his capture.
Matteo Messina Denaro
Denaro was born into a mafia family in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. He attained his mafia tactics from his father, Francesco Messina Denaro, who then headed the Mafia Commission of the Trapani region.
Denaro, who is estimated to have killed at least 50 people, learned to use a gun at 14, and committed his first of many murders at 18. “I filled a cemetery all by myself,” he once bragged.
Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich
Born on June 30, 1946 in Kiev, Ukraine, Mogilevich is a billionaire, organised crime boss believed by the European and United States federal law enforcement agencies to be the “boss of bosses” of most Russian Mafia syndicates in the world.
Mogilevich, nicknamed “The Brainy Don” because of his business acumen and degree in economics from Lviv University, allegedly controls RosUkrEnergo, a company currently actively involved in Russia–Ukraine gas.
James "Whitey" Bulger, American
Bugler is an alleged leader of the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish-American crime family based in Boston, Massachusetts.
He is the older brother of William Michael Bulger, a former President of the Massachusetts State Senate.
He is wanted for racketeering (commiting crimes like extortion, loansharking, bribery, and obstruction of justice in furtherance of illegal business activities).
Omid Tahvili, Iranian-Canadian
He was born on October 31, 1970 in Tehran, Iran and is the kingpin of an Iranian organised crime family in Canada, which is connected to various international crime organisations.
Tahvili currently heads a notorious Canadian organised crime syndicate and is also associated with India’s Dawood Ibrahim.
According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Tahvili came to Canada from Iran in 1994.
Tahvili has connections throughout Canada, Europe and the Middle East, and remains an international fugitive.
Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov, Uzbekistan
He is a Russian businessman, suspected criminal and former sportsman of Uyghur origin. He is accused in relation with organised crime and bribing of figure skating judges in the 2002 Winter Olympics.
His nickname is thought to be “Taiwanchik”, which refers to his distinctly Asian, as opposed to European facial features.
The US has a current arrest warrant out for him on fraud-related charges.
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