Israel may be taking hope from the success of another fugitive from justice for white-collar crime, Jacob "Kobi" Alexander.

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Acevedo, 44, was ordered held without bail on a charge of being a fugitive from justice late Wednesday during a video hearing.

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For Brazil, the latest test of government and judicial resolve concerns Nicolau dos Santos, himself a former labour-court judge and now a fugitive from justice.

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Wegelin as an institution was then itself indicted by US authorities in February last year, and later declared a fugitive from justice when the bank's executives failed to appear in a US court.

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He is now a fugitive from justice.

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Acevedo was ordered held without bail on a charge of being a fugitive from justice late Wednesday during a video hearing, and a judge said he'd face an extradition hearing Thursday to address his return to New York.

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Being in Jenin might have other advantages, if it really is in Jenin and if there is any truth to claims that Earth Station 5 is the creation of a fugitive from American justice.

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As a fugitive from Thai justice, Mr Thaksin has had to live in exile for the past few years, but if his return to his homeland seems a case of special treatment, or a matter of being let off the charges against him, that will surely provoke a backlash from the yellow shirts and their ilk.

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