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Interpol fights crime and controversial image, 100 years on
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» VIENNA - As Interpol marks its centenary, it faces the tricky task of nabbing criminals while ensuring that its famous red notices are not abused to snare dissidents.
Killer Sobhraj arrives in France
Published on 24/12/2022
» PARIS: Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police believe murdered more than 20 western backpackers on the “hippie trail” through Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, arrived in France on Saturday after nearly two decades behind bars in Nepal.
'Serpent' Sobhraj headed back to France
Published on 23/12/2022
» KATHMANDU: French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s in Thailand and across Asia, was heading to France on Friday after being freed following almost 20 years in a Nepali prison.
Life and crimes of freed 'bikini killer' Sobhraj
AFP, Published on 23/12/2022
» For decades Asia's most wanted man, French serial killer Charles Sobhraj terrorised the continent with a string of murders in the 1970s that targeted tourists.
'Serpent' Sobhraj to be freed on Friday
Published on 22/12/2022
» KATHMANDU: French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, whose string of murders across Asia in the 1970s was portrayed in the Netflix series “The Serpent”, was still awaiting his release from prison Thursday after a Nepali court ordered him freed on health grounds.
Who is the 'bikini killer' Charles Sobhraj?
Published on 22/12/2022
» PARIS: Nepal's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of Charles Sobhraj, a French national known as the "bikini killer" who police say is responsible killing over 20 young Western backpackers across Asia during the 1970s and 1980s.
Court orders release of serial killer Charles 'The Serpent' Sobhraj
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/12/2022
» Nepal's top court ordered on Wednesday the release of Charles Sobhraj, the French serial killer portrayed in the Netflix series "The Serpent" who was responsible for a string of murders across Asia in the 1970s.
Nepal court orders release of serial killer Charles 'The Serpent' Sobhraj
Published on 21/12/2022
» Nepal's top court ordered on Wednesday the release of Charles Sobhraj, the French serial killer portrayed in the Netflix series "The Serpent" who was responsible for a string of murders across Asia in the 1970s.
'The Serpent' still haunting lives four decades on
AFP, Published on 21/06/2021
» BANGKOK: Nearly half a century after he sowed fear along the 1970s "hippie trail", French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, the "Serpent" of the hit TV drama series, still haunts the lives of those who crossed his path.
'Serpent' a huge TV draw
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/05/2021
» The Netflix limited series The Serpent has revisited the crime spree of conman and killer Charles Sobhraj who was linked to the unsolved murders of Western tourists on the so-called Hippie Trail of Southeast Asia in the early 1970s.