The world is big and evil; if you look, you can see evil all around you. In recent decades, the world has been marked by constant terrorist attacks or criminal syndicates. From the bombings in Gaza to the attacks in the United States of America, terrorist attacks are now widespread throughout the world. Apart from terrorism, organized crime is another thing that makes the world a terrible place. Large mafia syndicates have made the political system corrupt, and they openly engage in every illegal activity, whether it is drug trafficking or the abuse of child sex slaves.
The FBI and Interpol, as well as various police agencies, are making great efforts to catch these people, but all to no avail. There are many refugees who are currently on the run, but here is the list of the 10 most wanted refugees in the world. They are the most fearsome criminals in the world.
1. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the leader of the deadliest Islamic militant organization in the world, the Islamic State or ISIS. The organization is based in western Iraq, Libya, northeast Nigeria, and Syria. He is very popular in the ISIS-controlled region. Since October 4, 2011, the US State Department has listed al-Baghdadi as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist”. He does not appear on camera and for many years there have been reports of his injury and possible death due to US attacks, but none of this has been confirmed.
He is one of the deadliest terrorists in history. There is a $10 million reward on him for information leading to his death or capture, which is the third-highest reward for any person. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is accused of spreading terrorism, kidnapping, killing, and enslaving people. He is also accused of raping an American citizen who was later killed. He is believed to be in Syria.
2. Ismael Zambada García
Ismael Zambada García is a Mexican drug lord. He is also known as El Mayo Zambada and is the leader of the Sinaloa cartel. He is mainly responsible for exporting cocaine and heroin to Chicago and other US cities. He was born into a farming family, but when he grew old he started smuggling drugs locally and later became a mafia figure. He smuggled drugs into the US using people, trains, buses, planes, and even submarines.
He was a partner of El Chapo and co-leader of the Sinaloa cartel, but now that El Chapo is in prison, he has full command of the cartel. Zambada is one of the most powerful and persistent drug lords in Mexico; he is undergoing plastic surgery to disguise himself and move freely around Mexico. Ismael Zambada García is one of the most feared criminals on America’s most wanted list; the FBI is offering $5 million for information leading to his capture. Mexico has also announced a $2 million reward for him.
3. Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri is the current leader of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda. He was also involved in the creation of the Egyptian militant group Islamic Jihad. The organizations have led the terrorist attacks on many nations in North America, Asia, and the Middle East. He was born in Maadi, Cairo in Egypt. He was born into a good and modestly rich family with many doctors and scholars.
Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri studied medicine and later became an eye surgeon. But the extremism of his religion increased and he became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is accused of many illegal activities around the world and has been named a terrorist in North America and Europe. Following the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York on 11 September 2001, the US State Department has offered a $25 million reward for any information pertaining to him.
4. Matteo Messina Denaro
Matteo Messina Denaro is a Sicilian mafia; he is also known as Diabolik, a name he got from the Italian comic figure. After the arrest of Bernardo Provenzano on 11 April 2006, he is considered the new leader of the Cosa Nostra. He has been on the run since 1993 and, according to Forbes Magazine, is one of the ten most wanted refugees in the world.
He was born into the Denaro family, which is a well-known mafia family. He is widely known for his lifestyle, he is a well-known womanizer playboy, lover of fast cars and wears Rolex watches and designer clothes. It is estimated that he has killed at least 50 people.
5. Dawood Ibrahim
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar is the head of the Indian crime organization D-Company. He is currently the most wanted man in India and is also the most wanted by Interpol. He is accused of many things, from criminal conspiracy to terrorism. He is accused of running illegal organizations in India and other parts of the world.
He is also accused of criminal conspiracy and of heading an organised crime syndicate. He was accused in the 1993 bombings in Bombay. According to the US State Department, he had connections with Osama bin Laden and maintains a strategic alliance with the Pakistani ISI. He is also accused of helping in the 2008 Mumbai bombings. Many sources say he lives in Karachi, Pakistan. The Indian government has been trying to get its hands on Dawood Ibrahim for many years.
6. Felicien Kabuga
Felicien Kabuga is a Rwandan businessman who is accused of having participated in and assisted in the Rwandan genocide. He is one of the most wanted fugitives in Africa. In 1998, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda indicted Kabuga for links to a Rwandan massacre in which more than 800,000 Rwandans died.
He is also accused of financing the most violent group, often referred to as the “terrorist group Rwanda”. In June 1994, Rwanda was captured by the RPF and Felicien Kabuga left the country. He went to Switzerland but was ordered to leave the country; he went to the Democratic Republic of Congo and lived there for several years. He is believed to be in Nairobi, Kenya.
7. Semion Mogilevich
Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich is a Ukrainian-born Russian organized crime boss. He is also called “boss of bosses” because he is at the head of the Russian crime syndicate. According to the FBI he is known as “the most dangerous gangster in the world”. He is accused of arms dealing, contract killings, extortion, drug dealing, and prostitution on an international level. He lives freely in Moscow with his three children.
He has many political friends who help him, and he helps them. It is said that he has got a deep connection both in Russian politics and in European politics. He was once arrested in Moscow for tax evasion, but was later released. Although he is the most wanted man on the FBI list, he still lives freely in Moscow.
8. Samantha Lewthwaite
Samantha Louise Lewthwaite is also known as the White Widow. She’s a British national and one of the most wanted fugitives in the world. Samantha Lewthwaite is allegedly a member of the Somalia-based radical militant group Al-Shabaab. She is also accused of leading terrorist attacks on non-Muslim places of worship. She is also blamed for many terrorist attacks in Europe. She is the so-called “widow” of 7/7 London terrorist bomber Germaine Lindsay.
She is believed to live in Somalia, but nothing is certain. According to some reports she has lost weight and has undergone plastic surgery and other changes to make herself unrecognizable. Her husband was accused of causing over 400 deaths. In 2014 the Russian news agency reported that Samantha Lewthwaite was killed in Donbas by a Novorussian sniper, but no other agency confirms this. According to many reports, she is in Syria, helping ISIL with propaganda videos.
9. Joseph Kony
Joseph R. Kony is the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a group formerly active in Uganda. This guerrilla group was formed to fight against government oppression, but it is turning against its own people, allegedly to “cleanse” the Acholi people and make Uganda a theocracy. Joseph Kony claimed to be the spokesman of God and a medium between God and the people.
He is considered by some to be a cult of personality. Joseph Kony is accused of kidnapping children and making them child soldiers and forcing them into sex slaves. He and his army are accused of mass killings of civilians in Uganda, Congo, and Sudan. He is also responsible for the abduction of 30,000 children. It is said that he has kidnapped 88 women to be his wife, and has 42 children.
10. Sally-Anne Jones
Sally-Anne Jones is a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” by the US government, which makes her one of the most wanted female terror suspects worldwide. She is also known as “Mr. Terror”. She joined ISIS in 2013. She is accused of helping ISIS by giving ISIS important information about the United Kingdom. She is also accused of recruiting people and promoting ISIS in social media. She was married to a computer hacker named Junaid Hussian, who died in an air raid.
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