Interpol names suspected paedophile among 26 fugitives in global manhunt

Commercial pilot Daren Elarmo, 40, is among 26 fugitives in the sights of detectives at the international law enforcement agency.

Officers launched the second stage of a global manhunt today, aimed at redoubling efforts to catch some of the most elusive suspected criminals.

Elarmo, also known as Jones, is wanted in a United States investigation of the grooming of two boys via social networking sites between 2005 and 2008.

Police said the aeroplane and helicopter pilot visited Britain last year but may now be living in Spain.

Other cases highlighted by Interpol included gangsters, murderers, people traffickers, thieves and fraudsters.

Those with a British connection included:

Romanian Ioan Clamparu, 41, is suspected of masterminding an international people smuggling operation in which women were forced into prostitution in Spain. He has contacts in Britain and Ireland.

Pole Marcin Balcewicz, 29, known as Balas, is wanted for murdering a man with an iron bar in his homeland in 2006. He has not been seen since and may be on the run in Britain.

Former financial director Jason Holland, 42, may be hiding in Britain from South African police investigating a substantial 2008 fraud involving the Sentula mining company. He has joint British/South African nationality.

Briton Christopher More, 32, is wanted for murder and false imprisonment over the death of a man fatally beaten at a farmhouse in Cheshire in June 2003. He may in Spain.

Hungarian company director Janos Szpevak, 33, is thought to be hiding in Britain from police investigating a financial fraud in his home country. He has travelled to Belgium and Sweden.

Irishman John Griffin, 43, known as Fozzy, is wanted by police over the murder of a 23-year-old woman whose body was found in a burned-out caravan in Galway in April 2005. He may be in Britain after faking his death on a cliff top.

The Interpol-led manhunt, dubbed Infra-Red, has led to the arrest of more than 100 wanted people across the globe.

It involves 29 countries and is targeting 450 people suspected of serious offences

Martin Cox, of Interpol, said law enforcement would search for them for as long as it took.

Anyone with information should contact fugitive@ interpol.int or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.