These 10 Most Wanted Fugitives In Europe (2024 Report)
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The website of European law enforcement organizations now features a compilation of the most highly sought-after individuals in Europe.
The website eumostwanted.eu provides information on 57 fugitives, with Mohammed Abrini and Salah Abdeslam, who are suspected of being involved in the Paris attacks, being the most prominent individuals on the list.
The project at hand involves collaboration between the European Network of Fugitive Active Search Teams (ENFAST), a consortium comprising law enforcement experts from all 28 member nations of the European Union (EU), and Europol, the law enforcement agency of the EU.
Learn more: Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives by U.S Secret Service (2024 Update)
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| Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives In Europe 2024 |
| Women constitute the majority of the most sought-after fugitives in Europe. Europol, the European crime agency, has unveiled a roster of 21 individuals who are currently evading capture by law enforcement authorities. There are a total of eighteen women. The individuals in question have been formally accused of a variety of offenses, encompassing homicide, human and narcotics trafficking, as well as robbery. Europol's "Crime has no gender" campaign included the release of the most-wanted list. A spokesperson stated that there is a common misconception that women are not typically responsible for these crimes, but in reality, they are just as grave as those committed by men. Nevertheless, a crime expert informed the BBC that certain women do engage in grave criminal activities. Women do so significantly less often than men. |
Top 10 Most Wanted EU’s Fugitives 2024
1. GARWEG, Burkhard (wanted by Germany)
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CRIME Attempted Murder Organised or armed robbery
SEX Male
APPROXIMATE HEIGHT 180 cm
EYE COLOUR Blue
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1968 (55 years)
NATIONALITY German
ETHNIC ORIGIN European
SPOKEN LANGUAGES German
STATE OF CASE Ongoing investigation
The aforementioned public prosecutor's office has been investigating Ernst-Volker STAUB (born 30/10/1954), Burkhard GARWEG (born 01/09/1968), and a third accomplice who was apprehended on 26 February 2024 for attempted murder and multiple attempted and completed aggravated robberies that were committed in Bochum-Wattenscheid (27/12/2006), Wolfsburg (28/12/2015), Cremlingen (25/06/2016), Stuhr (06/06/2015), and other locations between 1999 and 2016.
Whether the individuals in question are staying in Germany or in other European nations is still up in the air.
Learn more: Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives by U.S Secret Service (2024 Update)
2. STAUB, Ernst-Volker (wanted by Germany)
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CRIME Attempted Murder Organised or armed robbery
SEX Male
APPROXIMATE HEIGHT 183 cm
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1954 (69 years)
NATIONALITY German
ETHNIC ORIGIN European
SPOKEN LANGUAGES German
STATE OF CASE Ongoing investigation
Ernst-Volker Staub is a German wanted man connected to the Red Army Faction (RAF) of the third generation. Staub was detained in 1984, found guilty in 1986 of belonging to a terrorist group, and given a 4-year prison term. Staub disappeared after being freed in 1990. The German authorities are looking for him because they believe he returned to the RAF and has subsequently taken part in other RAF operations.
3. BYCIUS, REMIGIJUS (Wanted by Lithuania)
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CRIME Illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
SEX Male
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1981 (43 years)
NATIONALITY Lithuanian
ETHNIC ORIGIN European
STATE OF CASE Sentenced to 12 years of prison
In 2018, BYCIUS Remigijus received a 12-year prison term for the illegal possession of a significant quantity of illicit substances and the sale of amphetamine, a psychoactive substance.
4. PETKOVSKI , ANTON ZHIVKOVDANGEROUS (Wanted by Bulgaria)
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ALIAS Nashko
CRIME Attempted Murder
SEX Male
APPROXIMATE HEIGHT Tall cm
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1966 (57 years)
NATIONALITY Bulgarian
ETHNIC ORIGIN European
SPOKEN LANGUAGES Bulgarian
STATE OF CASE Convicted to life imprisonment
In the Bulgarian town of Selishte on December 12, 2001, Anton Zhivkov Petkovski, along with another Bulgarian national, killed an adult man using a Scorpio machine gun. Using the same gun, Petkovski killed his associate a few hours later in the outskirts of the same settlement, most likely in an attempt to hide his tracks.
To make it more difficult for him to be identified, he also broke his face. On October 8, 2012, Petkovski was given a life term in jail for the killings he had committed.
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5. JANKEVICS, MārisDANGEROUS (Wanted by Latvia)
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CRIME Murder, grievous bodily injury
SEX Male
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1979 (45 years)
NATIONALITY Latvian
ETHNIC ORIGIN European
STATE OF CASE Ongoing investigation
It is discovered that JANKEVICS f/n Maris is the primary suspect in the particularly brutal murder. On April 2, 2022, in Latvia, Sabile Jankevicius, under the influence of alcohol, killed a woman by stabbing her nine times, burning her with an object that resulted in second-degree burns, hitting her twice in the face with a blunt object, cutting her at least seven times with a sharp object, and strangling her with a rope. The harshest punishment imaginable is life in prison.
6. SCHABEL, Martin JosefDANGEROUS (Wanted by Austria)
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CRIME Illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
SEX Male
APPROXIMATE HEIGHT 180 cm
EYE COLOUR Blue
IDENTIFIERS Body - Tattoo(s) Picture Leg(s) - Tattoo(s) Picture
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1972 (52 years)
NATIONALITY Austrian
ETHNIC ORIGIN European
SPOKEN LANGUAGES German Italian Spanish
As the head of a criminal organization, Martin Schabel is suspected of engaging in the illicit sale of substantial amounts of narcotic substances on many Darknet markets between March 2018 and September 2020. The subject paid members of the criminal organization to pick up, package, and mail the illegal substances that his customers had ordered over the darknet to their addresses. In all of this, Schabel himself barely seldom made an appearance.
Since April 2021, he has been missing and is thought to be overseas. As of April 12, 2021, his last known location was in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy, where he was staying in an Aprilia Marittima, Latisana apartment.
7. SHAKIR, MUSTAFA MEHMEDDANGEROUS (Wanted by Bulgaria)
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CRIME Illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
SEX Male
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1968 (55 years)
NATIONALITY Bulgarian
ETHNIC ORIGIN European
SPOKEN LANGUAGES Bulgarian Turkish
STATE OF CASE Sentenced to 16 years of prison
Mustafa Mehmed Shakir, along with four other criminals, coerced a fellow Bulgarian citizen to bring heroin into Bulgaria illegally in September and October 2009. The aforementioned crime was carried out on November 7, 2009, when the mule was caught carrying 27.415 kilograms of heroin. In addition, he was found guilty of belonging to an organized crime group that was formed with the intention of committing crimes involving drugs. Shakir received a sixteen-year prison sentence for each of the two crimes.
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8. ÜREGI, PéterDANGEROUS (Wanted by Hungary)
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CRIME Illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
SEX Male
APPROXIMATE HEIGHT 184 cm
EYE COLOUR Brown
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1983 (41 years)
NATIONALITY Hungarian
ETHNIC ORIGIN European
SPOKEN LANGUAGES German Hungarian
STATE OF CASE Ongoing investigation
The Győr-Moson-Sopron County Police Force conducted an operation on October 13, 2022, with the aim of apprehending multiple members of an organized criminal cell that specialized in cultivating, growing, and transporting marijuana and other illegal narcotics. Five members of the criminal ring were taken into custody when officers in Hungary's Győr district discovered marijuana crops on two different sites.
As the head of the criminal operation, Péter ÜREGI has been recognized, and an attempt has been made to place him under arrest. It was possible for Péter ÜREGI to escape the cops.
9. OMOREGIE, FelixDANGEROUS (Wanted by Belgium)
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CRIME Trafficking in human beings
SEX Male
EYE COLOUR Brown
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1977 (46 years)
NATIONALITY Nigerian
ETHNIC ORIGIN African
STATE OF CASE Sentenced to 12 years of prison
As the head of a criminal group, Felix Omoregie planned the smuggling of young girls, some of whom were underage.
The organization smuggled the victims, who were in a dangerous situation, from Nigeria to Italy. After arriving, the victims were sent to other nations in Europe, where they were made to become prostitutes.
Felix Omoregie, the group's leader, chose the nation to which the victims would be sent and kept all proceeds from prostitution.
10. ZÁMEČNÍKOVÁ, Eva (Wanted by Slovakia)
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CRIME Attempted Murder
SEX Female
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1981 (42 years)
NATIONALITY Slovak
SPOKEN LANGUAGES Slovak
STATE OF CASE Sentenced to 8 years of prison
PUBLISHED on November 30, 2021, last modified on December 2, 2021
The accusation states that the businesswoman sought to pay 50,000 euros to have her spouse killed on January 15, 2014. But the murder executor turned informant and was made a crown witness by the police.
The planned murder date was set for January 24, 2014. After two years, she intended to report her husband missing in order to claim the remainder of their home. The crown witness stated that the other reason she wanted to divorce her husband was because she did not want to "feed her husband".
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