World's Most Wanted Men

Forbes recently announced the list of most wanted persons on this planet. Here is a list of those with pictures and the reason for them being searched




Name: Osama Bin Laden (Number 1)
Wanted reason: Associated with the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. He has claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon. It killed more than 2,000 people.
Reward bounty: $25 million
Hideout: Believed to be hiding in the tribal villages of Pakistan




Name: Joaquin Guzman (Number 2)
Wanted reason: Joaquin is a powerful drug dealer involved in importing cocaine from Colombia and smuggling it into the U.S. through tunnels. He has reigned as the drug lord killing thousands of people for power over the corridors that are used to transport drugs to the U.S.
Reward bounty: $5 million
Hideout: Mexico
Interesting fact: He escaped from a high security prison by bribing a prison guard and escaped through a laundry truck








Name: Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov (Number 3)
Wanted reason: Alimzhan has been involved in illegal activities such as drug supply, illegal arms sales and human trafficking. He is also suspected of having involvement in fixing sports events and beauty pageants
Reward bounty: $5 million
Hideout: Possibly in Russia






Name: Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar (Number 4)
Wanted reason: Dawood Ibrahim is believed to be the mastermind behind the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts that killed hundreds and injured many more. He is suspected to have links with the ISI (Pakistan's secret intelligence service) and heads an underworld regime that reigns over Mumbai
Reward bounty: Estimated to be $5 million (The Indian government will be happy to give much more than that given his track record)
Hideout: Pakistan
Interesting fact: He is believed to have carried out plastic surgery to his face to alter his appearance (The Interpol and all other intelligence services have not seen him for almost a decade now. That will take a hell lot of searching to search this man)




Name: Matteo Messina Denaro (Number 5)
Wanted reason: Leader of a notorious mafia gang in Italy, is known for his lavish lifestyle including driving porsches and fancying Rolex watches. He played an important part in a campaign involving a series of bomb attacks to stop the government crack down on the mafia gang
Reward bounty: $5 million
Hideout: Italy (Sicily)




Name: Felicien Kabuga (Number 6)
Wanted reason: Kabuga has been accused of harboring the Hutu militias by providing weapons and logistics to them. The Hutu militias were responsible for genocide of some 800,000 Rwandan men and women in 1994 belonging to the Tutsi community. One of the most horrendous war crime against humanity in the recent history.
Reward bounty: $5 million




Name: Pedro Antonio Marin (Number 7)
Wanted reason: Marin is one of the leaders of the separatist rebel movement in Colombia called FARC who has now involved himself in the drug dealings and kidnappings. Almost half of the world's cocaine comes from Colombia and the FARC controls most of them
Reward bounty: $5 million
Hideout: Colombia



Name: Omid Tahvili (Number 8)
Wanted reason: Tahvilli known as Nino has been convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault and awaits sentence for that. The American government wants him for a scam he was involved in that stole more than $3 million from elderly American victims. Tahvilli is an international operator and is searched all over the world.
Reward bounty: $5 million
Hideout: Possibly Canada
Interesting fact: Escape from a high security prison by promising a prison official a sum of $50,000



Name: Joseph Kony (Number 9)
Wanted reason: The leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has been fighting for a dictatorial regime in Uganda. Kony has been accused of carrying out a capmpaign of murder, rape, mutilation, and sexual slavery. He has directed the abduction of 60,000 of which 30,000 were children. The abducted children are forced to fight for LRA. He has been indicted on 33 charges which includes crimes against humanity
Reward bounty: $1.7 million
Hideout: Jungle areas on the border of Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo



Name: James "Whitey" Bulger (Number 10)
Wanted reason: Involved in illicit drug trading and extortion rackets in South Boston. Smart guy who has a wealth in the range of $50-70 million, James uses the contacts and wealth he acquired to evade the law enforcement agencies for well over a decade. Using his political connections he has escaped from attempts to bring him to justice
Reward bounty: $1 million
Hideout: Possibly Sicily in Italy