By Richard Spillett
There are 20 Britons with Interpol Red Notices against their names. They include:
Ahmad Omar Sheikh
Ahmad Omar Sheikh
Age: 43
Languages spoken: English, Urdu, Arabic
Charges: Conspiracy to commit hostage taking resulting in death, hostage taking resulting in death, conspiracy to commit hostage taking, hostage taking
Sheikh is a British/Pakistani terrorist who had links to various militant organisations, including Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. He is currently being held in a Pakistani prison, but the United States want to extradite Sheikh in connection with the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl.
Leo Morgan
Leo Morgan
Age: 60
Languages spoken: English
Charges: Large scale drug trafficking
Cocaine king-pin Leo Morgan has spent ten years languishing in a Panamanian prison. He has been served with an Interpol red notice however because he is wanted by police in Russia in connection with ‘large scale drug trafficking’. Morgan is desperately trying to block his extradition to war-torn Chechnya.
Arti Dhir
Arti Dhir
Age: 52
Languages spoken: English, Hindi, Panjabi
Charges: Punishment for murder, punishment for kidnapping, kidnapping in order to murder, criminal conspiracy
Dhir is accused of being part of a conspiracy to adopt a 12-year-old orphan in India, insure him for a huge amount and then murder the boy to collect the life insurance money.
Paul Colin Francis Meekin
Paul Colin Francis Meekin
Age: 43
Languages spoken: English, Arabic, Korean
Charges: Cruelty to a child, publishing or transmitting obscene material
Meekin was a headmaster of an international school in Bengaluru, India, when he was arrested on charges of sexually harassing a 13-year-old. He then fled to Kuwait , where he is suspected to have used forged documents to teach again.
Harris John Binotti
Harris John Binotti
Age: 26
Languages spoken: English
Charges: Murder
Binotti is wanted in connection with the death of a fellow teacher in Myanmar in 2016. The 26-year-old, originally from Dumfries in Scotland, is believed to have fled to Thailand the day after his colleague’s body was found.