Police Scotland launches Most Wanted website

Police Scotland has launched a dedicated section of their website where the public can help officers to trace the “Most Wanted”.

From today (Friday 3 April), the public can click onto the most wanted page of the website and find the faces of those individuals officers across the country want to trace.

Since the launch of Police Scotland two years ago, the Fugitive Unit has arrested 215 wanted individuals, 183 of those arrested have come from requests from law enforcement agencies all across the world to trace those who were in Scotland. Police Scotland has been assisted by forces world wide in bringing back 32 people to face justice here in Scotland following arrest warrants issued by the Crown Office.

The Most Wanted section of the website will be updated when those who are evading capture are brought to justice and will be updated to show details of anyone who may be wanted.

The faces on the most wanted website are:

Derek Ferguson: Wanted for the murder of Thomas Cameron in 2007.

Israr Ali: Wanted for the murder of Waqar Shar in 2010.

Rezgar Zengana: Convicted of Rape in 2006 and failed to appear for sentencing.

Jonathan Kelly: Wanted for attempting to defeat the ends of justice in 2014.

Dariusz Kazmierczak: Wanted in Poland for multiple frauds.

Martin Banis – Wanted for fraud , has been convicted and sentenced to six years imprisonment.

Luis Miguel De Barros Silva –Wanted for to Section 39(1) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Stalking offences).

Speaking ahead of the launch of the website, Detective Inspector David Wilson from the Fugitive Unit said:

“One of the main benefits of the most wanted section of the Police Scotland website is that you can log on across the world and look at the faces of those we need to trace. Criminals do not respect borders and we know that they need help from others in order to continue to evade justice. Like everyone else, they need somewhere to live and access to money.

“I would ask the public to look at the faces and the most wanted website and if they have any information about those whose faces appear to contact Police on 101. Or if they have any information they wish to pass anonymously they can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”

You can access the Most Wanted section here.