WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at The High Court on Nov. 2, 2011, in London, England.
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The residence of US financier and international fugitive Robert Vesco remains closed by order of Cuban authorities in the Atabey neighborhood of Havana. Vesco avoided extradition going from country to country, settling in Cuba in 1982.
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Film director Roman Polanski smiles with the award upon his arrival on Sept. 27, 2011, at the 7th Zurich Film Festival. Two years after his arrest in Zurich, Switzerland, Polanski attended the city's film festival to pick up the award that was intended for him in 2009.
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor waits on Feb. 8, 2011, for the start of the prosecution's closing arguments during his trial at the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone.
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Former Soviet military officer and arms trafficking suspect Viktor Bout (C) deplanes after arriving at Westchester County Airport on Nov. 16, 2010, in White Plains, New York. Bout was extradited from Thailand to the U.S. to face terrorism charges after a final effort by Russian diplomats to have him released failed.
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Nazi leader and war criminal Adolf Eichmann listens to the Israeli Court pronouncing the death sentence at the end of his trial in Jerusalem on Dec. 11, 1961.
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