Latest News > 19 July 10 - Interpol call on 500 million people to be on the look out for 450 criminals

 

Operation INFRA-RED, which stands for INternational Fugitive Round-up and Arrest, is a Crimestoppers supported initiative calling on the public to help trace some of the most viscious and serious criminals wanted across the world.



It involves 29 countries and is targeting 450 people suspected of serious offences from murder, to child abuse and drug smuggling. Of these 450 criminals, 26 are thought to have possible links to the UK. The operation has already seen more than 100 internationally-wanted people arrested or located worldwide.



The operation began in May when SOCA investigators joined other participating countries and agencies at Interpol’s General Secretariat to share information on suspects across the globe.



Those identified with a British connection included:

Ioan Clamparu

Romanian Ioan Clamparu, 41, is suspected of masterminding an international people smuggling operation in which women were forced into prostitution in Spain. He has contacts in Britain and Ireland.

 



Marcin Balcewicz

 

 

Pole Marcin Balcewicz, 29, known as Balas, is wanted for murdering a man with an iron bar in his homeland in 2006. He has not been seen since and may be on the run in Britain.

 

 



Jason Holland

 

Former financial director Jason Holland, 42, may be hiding in Britain from South African police investigating a substantial 2008 fraud involving the Sentula mining company. He has joint British/South African nationality.

 

 



Christopher More

Briton Christopher More, 32, is wanted for murder and false imprisonment over the death of a man fatally beaten at a farmhouse in Cheshire in June 2003. He may be on the run in Spain.

 

 

 



Janos Szpevak

Hungarian company director Janos Szpevak, 33, is thought to be hiding in Britain from police investigating a sophisticated financial fraud in his home country. He has also travelled to Belgium and Sweden.

 



James Bulger

Seventy year old James Bulger, who has dual American and Irish nationality, is wanted for his alleged involvement in the murder of 19 people between the early 1970s and mid 1980s whilst he was the leader of an organised crime group.

 

 

 

Catherine Greig

 

 

 

Bulger has been on the run from authorities since 1995 and is believed to be with his long-time girlfriend, Catherine Elizabeth Greig (59), also wanted by the United States.

 



Daren Elarmo

Suspected British paedophile, Daren Elarmo, 40, is being sought by the United States regarding claims he kidnapped two teenage boys for sex. Elarmo holds a commercial pilot’s licence and may be hiding in Spain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IJohn Griffinrishman John Griffin, 43, known as Fozzy, is wanted by police over the murder of a 23-year-old woman whose body was found in a burned-out caravan in Galway in April 2005. He may be in Britain after faking his death on a cliff top.

 

 

 



Further details are availed on the Crimestoppers website www.crimestoppers-uk.org



Anyone with information can use the secure online reporting form on the Crimestoppers website or call 0800 555 111. Alternatively you can provide information directly to Interpol at the following email address fugitive@interpol.int



Read more about SOCA’s role as the UK’s National Central bureau for Interpol services on our international partnerships page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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