Nov 15 - By Associated Press
A convicted murderer in Greece who made a dramatic prison escape by helicopter earlier this year was arrested near Athens on Monday, police said.
Nov 8 - By Associated Press
Italy on Sunday hailed the capture of a wig-disguised mobster who had been on the list of the country's top 30 fugitives.

Oct 30 - By Ambika Ahuja, Associated Press Writer
A fugitive former adviser to a Thai bank whose failure caused a crisis of confidence that helped spark the 1997 Asian financial meltdown arrived Friday night in Bangkok after his extradition from Canada.
Oct 30 - By Associated Press
Thai television reports say a financial expert wanted by authorities for more than a decade for alleged involvement in a massive bank failure has arrived in Thailand after his extradition from Canada.

Oct 29 - By Jeremy Hainsworth, Associated Press Writer
A fugitive banker's long fight against extradition ended Thursday as he was put on a plane back to Thailand, where he faces charges of fraud that Thai officials say contributed to the 1990s Asian financial crisis.

Oct 20 - By Nate Jenkins, Associated Press Writer
Nebraska is considering additional and different background checks for job applicants at state prisons after the state discovered it had hired as a guard a man wanted in the Czech Republic on drug and fraud allegations.
Oct 14 - By Associated Press
A Utah man who fled the state after being charged with environmental crimes and later was shot after confronting law officers in Florida with an assault rifle was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday.

Oct 6 - By Associated Press
Court documents say DNA found after a grocery store break-in on a Washington state island last month matches that of an elusive teenager wanted in a string of burglaries.
Sep 30 - By Associated Press
A suspected member of an LSD distribution ring has been arrested in California after nearly four decades on the lam.
Sep 22 - By Associated Press
Authorities have captured an alleged dealer they say led a violent drug ring in at least two sprawling housing projects in Puerto Rico and trafficked narcotics to the U.S. mainland.
Sep 21 - By Associated Press
A former DeKalb County sheriff's deputy who fled after he was charged with killing his wife and a day laborer has been caught in Central America.
Sep 16 - By Associated Press
Malaysian authorities captured a Muslim sect leader who claimed to be God's prophet and was on the run for three years, an official said Thursday.
Sep 13 - By Associated Press
One of Puerto Rico's 10 most-wanted fugitives will be tried for allegedly killing the leader of a powerful sewer workers' union following his capture in New Jersey.
Aug 18 - By Associated Press
Police say they arrested a fugitive mobster while he was vacationing with his family at the Sicilian seaside.
Aug 9 - By Jeremy Hainsworth, Associated Press Writer
The lawyer for China's most-wanted man says his admission of guilt to smuggling won't end his decade-long bid to stay in Canada.
Jul 30 - By Associated Press
A New Zealander was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his wife's murder in a case that sparked an international manhunt after he abandoned his toddler daughter at a train station and fled to the United States.
Jul 30 - By Barry Hatton, Associated Press Writer
A fugitive murderer spent 16 years hiding in caves around his home village in northern Portugal before he was recaptured looking "like Robinson Crusoe," police said Thursday.
Jul 22 - By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Writer
A former Wall Street broker who was captured in Spain pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal securities fraud and bail jumping charges, admitting that he fled the country because he was frightened.
Jul 20 - By Associated Press
Federal authorities in Los Angeles say they will pay a reward of up to $150,000 following the capture of one of the FBI's most-wanted fugitives, who disappeared for nine years following the shooting of a sheriff's deputy.

Jul 20 - By Peter Jackson, Associated Press Writer
A Pennsylvania man wanted for questioning about a fire that damaged a judge's car was in a U.S. jail Monday after spending 20 months as a fugitive in Israel, authorities said.
Jul 19 - By Diaa Hadid, Associated Press Writer
An Israeli immigration official says an American fugitive has left Israel and returned to the United States.

Jul 18 - By Associated Press
Authorities say a fugitive from the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list suspected of spraying automatic weapons fire at two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies nearly nine years ago is in custody in Mexico.

Jul 16 - By Associated Press
The ex-girlfriend of swindler Samuel Israel III has admitted in a New York court that she tried to mail him $300 while he was in jail.

Jul 15 - By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Writer
A former Wall Street broker who was captured in Spain has pleaded guilty to federal securities fraud charges.
Jul 15 - By Jim Fitzgerald, Associated Press Writer
A hedge-fund swindler who faked his own death in an effort to skip out on a 20-year prison term was sentenced Wednesday to two extra years.