Suggested Viewing - Hunting Britains Most Wanted

[Dedworth]

C4 Cutting Edge Thurs 19/5 9pm

The expansion of the EU and open borders in the UK have led to a surge in foreign criminals heading for Britain. The number of requests for wanted fugitives has risen ten-fold over the past five years and now totals more than 4300 a year.

Over the course of three months Cutting Edge has unique access to New Scotland Yard's Extradition Unit as they track down murderers, suspected rapists and armed robbers from abroad.

A record 1500 foreign fugitives are now arrested each year and with more and more coming to these shores it's a job that is stretching the unit and its officers to the limit.

Some of these criminals go to extraordinary lengths to evade capture, changing their name and ID, so it's a painstaking and often frustrating experience tracking them down.

The film-makers are there as officers follow up on leads tracing potentially dangerous criminals, and capture high-tension arrests as the unit's hard work finally pays off.

The cameras are also with the unit when it deals with some of its biggest ever high profile cases, including the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, wanted in Sweden for alleged sex crimes, and the arrest of Shrien Dewani, wanted in South Africa in connection with the death of his wife, Anni, on their honeymoon.

Other cases include the hunt for Hungary's most wanted fugitive, a Turkish man who conducted an honour killing, a suspected Croatian war criminal and an alleged serial rapist who's escaped the French authorities and who they must close in on before it's too late.

[joebloggs]

crazy time to bring back full border controls, finger prints or iris scans for all who enter or leave the uk. that the gov doesn't know who is in the uk or leaving

[Dedworth]

Just watched it - quite interesting - half of the extradition requests are from Poland many for trivial crimes, we should bill them for what it is costing our Police.

You are right Joe in this day and age of terrorism and cross border criminals we need rigid and effective border controls

[abb]

C4 Cutting Edge Thurs 19/5 9pm

The expansion of the EU and open borders in the UK have led to a surge in foreign criminals heading for Britain. The number of requests for wanted fugitives has risen ten-fold over the past five years and now totals more than 4300 a year.

Over the course of three months Cutting Edge has unique access to New Scotland Yard's Extradition Unit as they track down murderers, suspected rapists and armed robbers from abroad.

A record 1500 foreign fugitives are now arrested each year and with more and more coming to these shores it's a job that is stretching the unit and its officers to the limit.

Some of these criminals go to extraordinary lengths to evade capture, changing their name and ID, so it's a painstaking and often frustrating experience tracking them down.

The film-makers are there as officers follow up on leads tracing potentially dangerous criminals, and capture high-tension arrests as the unit's hard work finally pays off.

The cameras are also with the unit when it deals with some of its biggest ever high profile cases, including the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, wanted in Sweden for alleged sex crimes, and the arrest of Shrien Dewani, wanted in South Africa in connection with the death of his wife, Anni, on their honeymoon.

Other cases include the hunt for Hungary's most wanted fugitive, a Turkish man who conducted an honour killing, a suspected Croatian war criminal and an alleged serial rapist who's escaped the French authorities and who they must close in on before it's too late.

The Croatian war criminal was accused wrongly. ON TELEVISION, to the Whole of Britain. I'm not saying the other people are innocent but don't believe everything you are told from the media! The man did allow cameras into the house but he was only told it was channel 4, he did not sign anything, and they didnt tell him his face would be in such a program. Channel 4 had no right doing that, and just for a little mistake, a mans life could of been ruined by the way they portrayed him. How would you feel if they came after 12 years of living in britain, wrongly accused and then showed as a criminal to the whole of the country you are in?

[grahamw48]

He'll get his day in court.

I'm happy to see him gone, and I just wish the rest would go with him.

We have more than 2 million unemployed and a shortage of housing.

Don't tell me these migrants are here to help anyone but themselves.

[Dedworth]

The Croatian war criminal was accused wrongly. ON TELEVISION, to the Whole of Britain. I'm not saying the other people are innocent but don't believe everything you are told from the media! The man did allow cameras into the house but he was only told it was channel 4, he did not sign anything, and they didnt tell him his face would be in such a program. Channel 4 had no right doing that, and just for a little mistake, a mans life could of been ruined by the way they portrayed him. How would you feel if they came after 12 years of living in britain, wrongly accused and then showed as a criminal to the whole of the country you are in?

He was a bit foolish coming to the UK then, in hindsight he should have claimed asylum in any one of half a dozen countries he crossed before reaching our shores