British Police Launch FBI-Style "Wanted" Site
In a move reminiscent of America's FBI, London's Scotland Yard Metropolitan police force launched a website to help track down its most dangerous suspects.
Aober Mug shots of the 10 "most wanted" along with vivid descriptions of their crimes adorn the site, which bares a striking resemblance to its U.S. counterpart.
Lacking, however, is a face as notorious as that of Osama bin Laden, the chief suspect in the September 11 attacks on the United States, who stares out from the FBI's website.
Scotland Yard says its fugitives from justice are "serious criminals" and has urged the public to log on to help catch them.
"Take a good look at the pictures and if you know where a person is, where they have been or anything else that might help us bring them in let us know," Commander Andy Baker said.
He said some might have fled the country and urged Britons living abroad to check the website and "see if any of their neighbors or friends resemble our suspects".
Among those named on the site is Reginald Blythin, 55, wanted by police in Denmark in connection with a "particularly violent" murder.
The victim, Arturo Miranda, a 54-year-old Columbian, was found floating in the Danish Harbour of Hou. He had been trussed up, shot and his throat cut, according to the website.
Peter Joseph Bellwood, 50, is wanted for questioning following thousands of thefts of rare, high-value maps from libraries throughout Europe.
Captured on CCTV at one library, police say his modus operandi is to cut out prints and maps from antique books dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. The 10 "most wanted" can be viewed on the metropolitan police website at: www.met.police.uk/mostwanted. (Reuters)