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# most wanted

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# most wanted
Juventus close to signing €70m Fiorentina and Serbia striker Vlahovic - reports
The 21-year-old has 17 goals in Serie A this season.
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# Convicted
One of Britain's most wanted fugitives convicted of murder following international manhunt
Shane O’Brien slashed 21-year-old Josh Hanson’s neck at a west London bar in 2015.
# over here
'News flash morons: I'm in Edmonton': Fugitive caught after sending address to Canadian TV station
Jessie Dean Kowalchuk was wanted for violating his probation in 2015.
# most wanted
46 people who fled Ireland last year were extradited to face questioning over serious crimes
Gardaí issued a number of warrants for those wanted for questioning over the Hutch/Kinahan feud.
# most wanted
UK's most wanted: £50,000 reward for information on fugitive linked to London murder
Shane O’Brien (29) fled abroad after the murder of Josh Hanson.
# wish you were here
Tongue-in-cheek postcards launched in bid to track down Europe's most-wanted criminals
“Belgian fries are the best and we know you miss them.”
# Facebook Killer
'I just snapped': Alleged Facebook killer who killed pensioner was 'annoyed with his girlfriend'
Steve Stephens has been placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list.
# child abuse images
One of the UK's most-wanted suspected paedophiles has been arrested after a car crash in France
Stephen Carruthers had been on-the-run for almost three years.
# Europol
14 of Europe's most-wanted criminals have been arrested this year
And you could help catch more.
# most wanted
Man wanted in the UK since 2000 has been arrested in Belfast
The 41-year-old was arrested in Belfast city centre and returned to the custody of Lancashire Police the following day.
# most wanted
Police seek 'most wanted fugitive' in connection with brutal stabbing of man on night out
London’s Met Police believe that 27-year-old Shane O’Brien, wanted in connection with the murder of Josh Hanson (21), may be in hiding in the Netherlands.
# fugitive hunt
The most wanted people in Europe and their horrific crimes
Europol has published a list of Europe’s 45 most wanted criminal suspects.
# most wanted
The Paris attackers - here's what we know so far
A massive manhunt continues this morning for Salah Abdeslam – Europe’s most wanted man.
# Mexico's Most Wanted
A bat-filled cave, good wine, aged whiskey and cable TV: A drug lord's game of hide-and-seek
La Tuta was eventually foiled by his own birthday cake.
# Red Alert
Ukraine's former president is now on Interpol's most wanted list
The former president is believed to be living in Russia.
# most wanted
Here are the top 10 toys Irish kids are asking Santa for this Christmas
Santa’s elves have analysed letters coming from Ireland.
# Fugitives
The only woman on 'America's Most Wanted' has been captured with her husband
Janet and Ramon Barreto were on the run for five years.
# Wanted
FBI place first ever woman on 'most wanted' list
Joanne Chesimard, who fled to Cuba after being convicted of killing a state trooper in 1973, is the first woman ever to make the list.
# most wanted
Ex-LAPD officer believed dead after stand-off
LAPD believe the search for America’s most wanted man is now over.
# most wanted
Revenue: No plans for UK-style 'name-and-shame' of tax fugitives
Revenue authorities in the UK have set up a Flickr page showing names and details of alleged tax dodgers. Any chance of it happening in Ireland?
# most wanted
Dutch murder suspect DJ Morgandroid arrested in Croatia...after help from Gardaí
The arrest came about after assistance from the Irish media and public.
# most wanted
Gardaí help in search for Dutch murder suspect DJ Morgandroid
The 39-year-old may be living in Dublin.
# Great Escape
TG4 to document Limerick man's help in KGB agent's prison break
Ex-British spy George Blake was sentenced to 42 years in prison after being convicted of spying for the Soviets during the Cold War.
# whitey bulger
Girlfriend of Whitey Bulger indicted for helping him dodge authorities
Catherine Greig is charged with conspiracy to harbour and and conceal a fugitive. Bulger, and Irish American mobster, was caught in June after 16 years on the FBI’s Most Wanted list.
# most wanted
Slideshow: A bad year for 'bad guys'
As Irish-American mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger is captured after 16 years, take a look at other notorious figures who’ve been caught recently…
# most wanted
'Most Wanted' Whitey Bulger captured in US
Notorious Irish-American gangster and girlfriend have been arrested in California – the Boston mob boss has been on the run for 16 years.
# most wanted
Who are the world's most wanted Nazis?
Twelve men are on the list of the most wanted Nazi-era war criminals, compiled by a Jewish human rights organisation. The hunt continues after a Nazi death camp guard was convicted this week.
# most wanted
Bin Laden ticked off the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted: Who’s next?
Nine more hardened criminals languish in the ‘most wanted’ category – including a notoriously brutal Irish-American mobster.
# Costa del Sol
Irish man and suspected killer of Irish father appear on Costa del Sol most wanted list
The list features a suspected Irish paedophile in his 60s and the suspected murderer of John O’Neill. Both are thought to have fled to Spain.