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March 15, 2010 10:04 a.m. EST
Topics: government, human interest, people, politics, crime, safety of citizens, crime, law and justice, United States
Kris Alingod - AHN Contributor
 
Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) - The most popular wanted list worldwide has turned 60.
The FBI marked the anniversary of its "Ten Most Wanted" list on Sunday, six decades after a reporter from the International News Service asked profiles of the agency's toughest suspects. The resulting story ignited national interest, prompting then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to launch the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives program.
Since the program began, 463 or 94 percent of the 494 suspects that have been featured on the list have been caught or located. More than 150 of the fugitives have been located because of direct cooperation from the public.
A minimum reward of $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of suspects in the list. Osama Bin Laden tops the current list with as much as a $25 million bounty. James Bulger, believed to be the leader of a Boston crime family called the Winter Hill Gang, comes in second with $2 million.
Alleged Russian mafia boss Semion Mogilevich is part of the list for funding and authorizing a scheme that the FBI says defrauded investors of a Pennsylvania-based public company of $150 million. So is Victor Manuel Gerena, suspected of robbing a Wells Fargo armored car facility in1 1983 of $7 million.
The suspects featured in the list have changed over the years. Bank robbers and murder suspects dominated the list in its early years, and they have made way for members of organized crime groups, serial killers, local and international terrorists and cyber criminals.
"During this last decade, the list has mirrored the international scope of crime, as well as the importance of strong global partnerships in the search for violent criminals," said the FBI.
The evolving nature of crimes has conversely led the agency to use media such as the Internet to publish its top 10 list.
"We recognize the unique ability of the media to cast a wider net within communities here and abroad," said FBI Director Robert Mueller. "The FBI can send agents to visit a thousand homes to find a witness, but the media can visit a million homes in an instant."
 
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