Suspected war criminal escapes extradition from Australia on legal technicality

Published on August 15, 2012

Australia's highest court has ruled not to extradite suspected war criminal Charles Zentai to his native Hungary.

Demjanjuk reportedly buried secretly in United States

Published on April 5, 2012

Convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk reportedly was buried in secret in an undisclosed location in the United States.

Israel to extradite alleged Bosnian war criminal

Published on August 1, 2011

A Bosnian Serb with Israeli citizenship can be extradited to Bosnia to stand trial on charges of genocide, a Jerusalem court ruled.

Alleged war criminal dies in Austrian retirement home

Published on June 21, 2011

An alleged Nazi war criminal has died in an Austrian retirement home. Milivoj Ašner, 98, died Monday in the Carinthian city of Klagenfurt, the English-language Austrian Independent reported. As the chief of police in the Croatian town of Pozega during World War II, Ašner allegedly ordered the deportation of local Jews, Serbs and Roma to concentration camps run by the Croatian fascist Ustasha regime.

New Wiesenthal documentary recounts Nazi hunter’s turbulent life

By Tom Tugend
Published on June 14, 2007

"I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal" runs for close to two hours, but the documentary is barely long enough to encompass the 96 years of the legendary Nazi hunter.

Sharon: Criminal or Victim?

By Michael J. Jordan
Published on June 28, 2001

The accusation that Ariel Sharon is a war criminal -- back on the public agenda with two court cases in Belgium and a damning BBC documentary -- is the latest step in a campaign to discredit and delegitimize Israel, supporters of the Jewish state say.

A quick Internet search reveals a plethora of Arab and Muslim Web sites demanding that Sharon be "brought to justice" for the 1982 massacre of Palestinians by Lebanese Christians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.