Most wanted criminals hiding in UK
Monday, June 1, 2009
Crimestoppers launched Operation Infra today, an appeal for
16 of Europe's most wanted men thought to be hiding in Britain.
Here are details of the suspects, who are wanted for crimes including child sex attacks, murder, trafficking and drug offences.
Piotr Bielecki, 37, of Gdynia, Poland
Bielecki, wanted under a European Arrest Warrant, was jailed for two years in Poland after attacking a woman in 2004.
He was arrested in London in 2008 and an extradition order issued. He then skipped bail and disappeared.
The 27-year-old is described as white, 183cm tall and with a distinctive 1cm scar on the left side of his chin.
Tomasz Galas, 27, of Radom, Poland
Galas was jailed for five years in Poland for his role in an organised criminal armed gang involved in drugs, human trafficking, robbery and fraud.
In 2001 he violently sexually assaulted a woman in his home town while armed with a knife.
Believed to be in south London, he is wanted in Poland under a European Arrest Warrant.
Giedrius Jankauskas, 29 of Klaipeda, Lithuania
Jankauskas, who will mark his 30th birthday tomorrow, was jailed in 1998 for robbery and car theft.
He disappeared after an appeal failed and has since been involved in another violent robbery in Lithuania.
Now thought to be in the London or Middlesex area, Jankauskas is wanted by the Lithuanian authorities under a European Arrest Warrant.
Bogumil Michal Kaczmarkczyk, 29, of Swidnik, Poland
Also known as Marcin Zaweja or Zawieja, Kaczmarkczyk is one of the Poland's most wanted fugitives.
Believed to be in Sussex, he is sought for a high profile rape and murder committed in Lublin in 2004.
Kaczmarkczyk is also accused of a violent rape after which he threatened the victims' family with revenge if they reported it.
Police described him as 176cm tall with an oval face, blue eyes and with a distinctive dimple in his chin. He has tattoos on his left and right arms, chest and back.
Radoslaw Kawa, 28, of Poznan, Poland
Kawa is wanted for an alleged violent sexual assault which took place in Poznan in July 2006.
He is alleged to have attacked a woman, hitting her with his belt and kicking her before threatening to suffocate her with a plastic bag.
Police said he has links in London, Nottinghamshire and Cheshire and is believed to work as a builder.
Norman Marek Misarko, 32, of Bialystok, Poland
Misarko is wanted over a violent assault that took place in Bialystok in October 2006.
Described as white, 170cm tall with short fair hair and blue eyes, he travelled to Britain in October 2006 but his location is unknown.
Andras Szabolcs Mozes, 22, of Pecs, Hungary
A European Arrest Warrant has been issued for Mozes after he was jailed for a cannabis farm operation. He is believed to be in Nottingham.
Gentian Doda, 30, of Tirana, Albania
Doda is wanted for "crimes against life and health" including a 1997 attack in which he and four others shot and killed two men in revenge. He is described as 168cms tall, with brown eyes and black hair.
Durim Gremaj 35, of Fier, Albania
Gremaj is wanted for sex offences, including a 2001 gang rape. He was jailed for 15 years but absconded.
Agim Kabashi, 39, of Zalivishte, Albania
English-speaking Kabashi is wanted for "crimes against children" and sex crimes.
Suspected of running a prostitution ring with three others, one of whom was arrested in November 2003.
The man was trying to cross the border into Greece as he escorted an Albanian woman to Britain to work as a prostitute.
Xhevat Kaca, 33, of Librazhd, Albania
Kaca is wanted for sex crimes, including forcing women to work as prostitutes and selling them to other criminals.
He has been linked to criminal operations around Albania and Italy and faces a 10-year jail term if caught.
Sheriff Murati, 41, of Fier, Albania
Murati is wanted for "crimes against life and health" including the possession of weapons and explosives. On August 21 1997 he shot and killed an Albanian national after a row and was jailed for 25 years.
Nikolla Naci, 44, of Fier, Albania
Suspected of possessing weapons and explosives as well as links to drug dealing.
In 2002, police seized a number of weapons and almost 4kg of heroin at his home. He was jailed for 13 years.
Ivane Sepashvili, 26, of Kvareli, Georgia
Wanted for "crimes against life and health" including stabbing his neighbour to death after a row in the street in 2005. He faces 15 years in jail.
Dritan Shkurti, 33, of Kurbnesh, Albania
Wanted for "crimes against life and health" and for possessing weapons and explosives.
In May 1998, black-haired Shkurti shot dead Albanian Tanush Hasani. He was jailed for 22 years.
Shaqir Ziko, 28, of Prishte, Albania
English-speaking Ziko is wanted for "crimes against life and health", weapons possession and theft.
In June 1998, he and an accomplice ambushed a cash security van. The second man shot the driver dead.
Ziko stole the money and faces a 12-year jail term when caught.
Balazs Asztalos, 25, of Szekszard, Hungary, was captured while working at a fair in Milton Keynes yesterday.
He is wanted under a European Arrest Warrant for sexually assaulting a four-year-old child and forcing another to watch the attack.
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