Africa's top 10 'Most Wanted' criminals on Interpol's Red List
The International Criminal Police Organisation, or Interpol, is the world’s largest police organisation which helps police in different countries work together to fight crime.
The organisation has a database that keeps track of criminals and fugitives which helps countries share information and cooperate more easily.
One of the tools Interpol uses is called a "notice." These notices are given colour codes to indicate what each notice is supposed to do, there’s the Red and Yellow notices.
A Red Notice is a request to police around the world to find and temporarily arrest someone. This is done while waiting for extradition, surrender, or other legal actions. A Yellow Notice on the other hand is a global alert to police worldwide to alert them to help locate missing persons.
The people on a Red Notice are wanted by a specific country or an international court. It is up to each country to decide if they will arrest the person based on their own laws. Red Notices are sometimes shared publicly when there is a need for the public to help find a fugitive or criminal on the wanted list.
In Africa, some countries including Benin, Botswana and Equatorial Guinea have no records of wanted persons, whereas others like Algeria, Morocco and Egypt have quite a number.
In this list, we bring you the first part of a list of Africa’s top wanted persons:
1. Algeria - Zouaoui Mouatassim
(24 yrs, male) – Wanted for Rape committed against a person in a situation of economic or social vulnerability. Administration of a harmful substance resulting in death without intent to cause it. Supply or offering of narcotics to a minor for their personal consumption. Aggravated pimping: victim a minor aged between 15 and 18 years.
2. Burundi - Ndikuriyo Ferdinand
(33 yrs, male) – Wanted for fraud and human trafficking.
3. Somalia - Sayloor Abdiqani
(30 yrs, male) – Wanted for murder
4. Tunisia - Ben Salem Khalil
(35 yrs, male) – Wanted for rape
5. Morocco - Meziani Samir
(46 yrs, male) – Wanted for acquisition, possession, offer or transfer of narcotics (heroin) as a repeat offender
6. Comoros - Farouk Amdjad
(35 yrs, male) – Wanted for murder, unauthorised possession of category B weapons, ammunition or their components.
7. Morocco - Amzaourou Faysel
(44 yrs, male) – Wanted for voluntary homicide.
8. Comoros – Radjabou Abdoul Hafour
(27 yrs, male) – Wanted for murder *Unauthorised possession of category B weapons, ammunition or their components.
9. Algeria – Adda Kamal
(33 yrs, male) – Wanted for murder
10. Egypt – Attalla Nasser Omar Ibrahim
(64 yrs, male) - Wanted for spousal murder
