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Most Wanted Americans by Interpol in 2018
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The International Criminal Police Organization was founded in 1923 as a multi-national crime-fighting
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force.
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The first countries to join were Austria, Belgium, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece,
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Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia.
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The UK was soon on board, and currently Interpol’s own website says its network spans 190 nations.
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Its mission as you probably know is to prevent crimes and track down criminals all over the
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world.
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That be could related to drug trafficking, environmental crimes, organized crime, terrorism,
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cybercrime, or even just going after a single person who committed a crime and went on the
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run.
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These people are sometimes caught decades after the original transgression.
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Today we’ll see who’s presently under Interpol’s spotlight, in this episode of
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the Infographics Show, Interpol's Most Wanted Americans in 2018.
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10: Catherine Marie Kerkow The FBI tells us that if you have met this
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woman she might also have been going under the name of Janice Ann Forte, Odile Ann Pesse
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or Odile Pesse.
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What did she do?
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She was involved in the hijacking of Western Airlines Flight 701 from LA to Seattle in
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1972.
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She and an accomplice said they had a bomb and demanded half a million bucks (that’s
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about 3 million in today’s money).
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The pair flew to Algeria and were given political asylum but soon moved on.
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Where this lady – formerly a member of the Black Panthers – is now is a mystery.
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This is about as light as it gets from here on.
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9: Prakashanand Saraswati This spiritual leader founded the Radha Madhav
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Dham, a spiritual organization based in Texas.
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The organization has no ties whatsoever with the founder now, and that’s because in 2011
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he was convicted of 20 counts of child molestation.
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He was given 280 years to serve behind bars, but the writer of nine books on Hindu ethics
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was sentenced in absentia (when he wasn’t there) because he seemed to vanish into thin
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air.
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It’s believed that he was helped by some of his followers to get into Mexico and from
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there he traveled on a fake passport to India.
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8: Leo Frederick Burt This man is wanted for allegedly taking part
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in a bombing that happened in 1970 at the campus of the University of Wisconsin.
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The bombing killed an academic, injured a few more, and caused over two million dollars’
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worth of damage.
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Burt was identified and charged with sabotage, destruction of government property, and conspiracy.
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It’s said he has moved around Canada but is likely in the USA.
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If you can help catch the “Ghost of Wisconsin” you might get a reward of $150,000.
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7: William Lee Copp This guy is perhaps well known because he
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was a junior Olympics gymnastics coach and a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
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But he was also caught downloading over 100 videos of acts of child pornography.
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He had a court appearance to attend in 2006, and he was never seen again.
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In fact, many people on the most wanted list are charged with very similar crimes, but
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we’ll include just this one.
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6: George Edward Wright Like many others on this list, Mr. Wright
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is known to have used many aliases.
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You might even have known him as the Reverend L. Burgess.
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He was convicted of murder in 1962, but in 1970 he managed to escape from the New Jersey
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State Prison.
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To add to his crimes, he and others the same year hijacked a plane which was travelling
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from Detroit to Miami.
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Like something from a Hollywood movie, his disguise that day was cleric’s clothing
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and a bible in his hand.
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The FBI writes, “He used a gun concealed in the Bible to confront the aircraft's pilot
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and crew.”
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The gang flew to Miami, released the passengers, and then took the crew to Boston.
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There they refueled and flew to Algiers.
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No one was hurt and the plane and the ransom they had demanded were returned to the U.S.
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Wright is the only one of the hijackers that remains at large.
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He was caught in Portugal in 2011, but as he had Portuguese citizenship his extradition
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to the U.S. was denied.
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It’s believed he is still there, now with his own family.
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5: Denise Harvey Harvey is wanted by the police for having
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a sexual relationship with a 16-year old boy who played on her son’s baseball team.
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In 2008, the 47-year old was handed a 30-year prison sentence for her crime but escaped
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to Canada where she was given refugee status.
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She called her punishment “cruel and unusual” and it seems that the Canadian government
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agreed.
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In Canada the age of consent is 16, although it’s 18 if the person is in a position of
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trust.
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In Florida, it’s illegal to have sex with someone 16 or younger if you are over 24-years
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old.
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We’ve included this one only because it’s a very controversial case.
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Now we’ll get to people who could be said to have committed much more heinous crimes.
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4: Santiago ‘Pucho’ Villalba Mederos There are many people on the most wanted list
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that are so-called gang-bangers, but we will just include this one.
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The member, or former member, of the Eastside Lokotes Sureno gang, is said to have lost
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it in 2010 when he went on a couple of shooting sprees in Washington.
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He shot and killed two people and injured others.
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One of the injured persons later told the press, “He just comes from behind us and
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gets in the lane next to us, speeds up to us, gets beside us and he just started shooting.”
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The things is, the people in the car were not at all related to gang activity.
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It seems Mederos just chose the car at random.
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It’s thought that he is now in Mexico.
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3: Yaser Abdel Said This controlling father is said to have murdered
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his two daughters (aged 17 and 18) for dishonoring the family by not adhering to Egyptian cultural
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behavior.
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It’s said he told the two girls that he was taking them out to eat, but once they
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had gotten into his car (a taxi cab) he shot them in cold blood on New Years’ Day 2008.
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One of the girls died instantly and the other survived long enough to call 911.
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Some of her last words were, “Help, my dad shot me!
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I'm dying, I'm dying!”
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The girls had complained that their father beat them and ruled over the house with an
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iron fist.
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One of the girls once texted a friend, saying, “He treats me like a whore.”
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He would spy on them and it’s reported that the girls had expressed in emails to friends
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that they were afraid for their lives.
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It’s thought that the father is likely still in the U.S. and may even still drive a cab.
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There is a $100,000 reward for anyone who can provide information that leads to his
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capture.
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2: Robert William Fisher This former U.S. Navy Veteran, firefighter
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and respiratory therapist was for the most part of his life a person that helped save
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lives.
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Then on April 10, 2001, it’s said he shot his wife in the back of the head and slashed
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his son and daughter’s throats.
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Things hadn’t been going well in the household, and it’s reported that his wife was likely
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going to divorce him.
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Fisher had said he’d rather kill himself than go through a divorce.
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It seems he killed his family instead.
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After the murders he burned down the house.
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It’s thought he is either in the U.S. or Canada, and he is said to be able to live
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out in the wild as he has considerable outdoors skills.
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He is considered armed and extremely dangerous.
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The FBI has offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.
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1: William Bradford Bishop Jr.
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This former U.S. Government Foreign Service Officer is accused of brutally bludgeoning
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his wife, mother and three kids to death in Maryland on March 1, 1976.
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The FBI writes that he is fond of the outdoors and is capable of living in the wild.
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It also states, “He was known to read extensively and may have kept a diary or journal.
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A longtime insomniac, Bishop reportedly had been under psychiatric care in the past and
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had used medication for depression.”
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He is said to be prone to violent outbursts and so is a, “dangerous fugitive.”
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The hunted man has possibly been spotted all over Europe, and it’s thought if he’s
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not already dead that’s probably where he is now.
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So, what do you think about this list?
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Which crime is the worst?
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Tell us in the comments.
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Also, be sure to check out our other video Most Dangerous Computer Viruses In The World.
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Thanks for watching, and as always, please don’t forget to like, share and subscribe.
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See you next time!
