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# most wanted

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2022
# 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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Jan 26th 2022, 10:12 AM
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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.
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Oct 1st 2019, 3:47 PM
# 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.
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May 15th 2019, 9:23 PM
# 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.
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Nov 27th 2017, 7:43 AM
# 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.
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Oct 11th 2017, 7:59 PM
# 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.”
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Aug 4th 2017, 10:53 AM
# 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.
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Apr 18th 2017, 7:43 AM
# 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.
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Jan 12th 2017, 9:27 PM
# Europol
14 of Europe's most-wanted criminals have been arrested this year
And you could help catch more.
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Jul 29th 2016, 7:16 PM
# 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.
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Jun 14th 2016, 5:04 PM
# 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.
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Mar 9th 2016, 8:06 AM
# 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.
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Jan 29th 2016, 3:01 PM
# 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.
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Nov 23rd 2015, 8:01 AM
# 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.
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Mar 7th 2015, 8:15 AM
# Red Alert
Ukraine's former president is now on Interpol's most wanted list
The former president is believed to be living in Russia.
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Jan 12th 2015, 4:03 PM
# 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.
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Dec 17th 2014, 6:00 PM
# 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.
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Aug 14th 2014, 10:37 PM
# 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.
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May 3rd 2013, 8:35 AM
# most wanted
Ex-LAPD officer believed dead after stand-off
LAPD believe the search for America’s most wanted man is now over.
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Feb 13th 2013, 7:59 AM
# 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?
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Aug 18th 2012, 8:30 AM
# 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.
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Jun 29th 2012, 10:08 PM
# most wanted
Gardaí help in search for Dutch murder suspect DJ Morgandroid
The 39-year-old may be living in Dublin.
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Jun 19th 2012, 5:37 PM
# 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.
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Jan 30th 2012, 7:39 PM
# 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.
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Aug 12th 2011, 8:33 PM
# 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…
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Jun 23rd 2011, 2:29 PM
# 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.
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Jun 23rd 2011, 9:11 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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May 13th 2011, 4:49 PM
# 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.
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May 13th 2011, 2:36 PM
# 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.
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May 2nd 2011, 9:00 PM
# 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.
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Feb 22nd 2011, 9:03 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know, including: New Zealand earthquake kills 65; GE11 campaign focuses on children and jobs; Vancouver ranked best city to live in; and scientists develop cancer-inhibiting enzyme.
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Feb 22nd 2011, 8:14 AM