Semion Mogilevich- Pennsylvania- 2003

Finally saw the episode on Mogilevich of World's Most Wanted. Actually the most interesting of all the episodes I watched so far in my opinion, although it was confusing since they seemed to jump around in timelines as although technically it was the 2003 financial stuff that got him put on the FBI top ten list in 2009, it seems he's been wanted all over the world since the 1990s. They mentioned him also being allegedly involved in human trafficking, and being allegedly behind the bombing of an informant's car in Budapest in which 3 people were killed and 22 people were injured.

He was last seen at a funeral at a Russian Orthodox church in Moscow around several other people, seemingly hiding in plain sight without a care in the world.

They also show a BBC interview from before 2009 in which Mogilevich denies all the charges against him.

And they interview a man who worked for Mogilevich and mentions Mogilevich taking out rival groups leaders and killing their replacements as well. The man, when asked if he has ever killed anyone for Mogilevich, declines to answer on the grounds it could incriminate him in a trial.

And not to sound like a broken record, I hope it does not sound like I or we have ever underrated this case in any way.

This is a bad dude and perhaps the most evil and deadly guy in the world although others you can make an argument for.

It is just my opinion the FBI Most Wanted list should be mainly used for domestic cases where the fugitive can be caught via public tips such as someone recognizing them as a neighbor, co-worker etc... and/or where a country can feel pressure from publicity to acquiesce to extradition requests. I'm sorry if this a controversial statement, but it is my opinion, even if a guy is wanted for 5,000 murders if he is in a country that won't extradite him, it makes no sense to put him on the list. There was a reason El Chapo was never added when he was arguably the world's most deadly fugitive, because intelligence and investigative work was what was going to catch him, not being added to the list.

This is more a case where intelligence determining Mogilevich made a rare mistake and left Russia for a country where he can be arrested or making some sort of deal with Russia (which I understand seems laughable at the moment, and this would only happen if he had some sort of falling out in the country) would be the best uses to catch him as opposed to a list which for the most part is about public tips.

But no mistake, it was in my opinion, a mistake to add him to the top ten list, but it is not a mistake to say this is a very allegedly deadly and dangerous guy that deserves to face justice.