0:00:02 > 0:00:04- Come on...- On the run...
0:00:04 > 0:00:05Get back here!
0:00:05 > 0:00:06..and over here.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Hands out now, hands out.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12When foreign criminals flee their home countries,
0:00:12 > 0:00:14many hide out in the UK...
0:00:14 > 0:00:15Give me your hands.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17..but if they think they're safe - they're wrong...
0:00:17 > 0:00:19They know they're wanted.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22A lot of these people are waiting for that knock on the door.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26..but the traffic in fugitives isn't all one way.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Across Europe there are hundreds of British criminals
0:00:30 > 0:00:33also trying to escape justice.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34From the sun-drenched Costas,
0:00:34 > 0:00:37where the villains seek a life of luxury...
0:00:38 > 0:00:40..to the busy streets of the Dutch capital,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43where many continue their life of crime.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44GLASS SHATTERS
0:00:44 > 0:00:48We join the crack teams hunting them down.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50When you take the risk to come to Amsterdam as a criminal,
0:00:50 > 0:00:53there's a high chance that we'll get you.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57When it comes to justice, borders are no barrier.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00You're under arrest under the Extradition Act 2003.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03This is how the police take down the fugitives...
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Police officer!
0:01:05 > 0:01:07..both at home, and abroad.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11If you're thinking of running - don't.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13We will find you.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15We will bring you back.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24On today's programme,
0:01:24 > 0:01:26a series of dawn raids across London
0:01:26 > 0:01:30leads to the arrest of an elusive Portuguese woman
0:01:30 > 0:01:32wanted for forgery and embezzlement...
0:01:32 > 0:01:36There's no photograph and there's no fingerprints, I don't think.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40If she says it's not her, then we've got to prove that it is her.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45..the Leeds teenager almost beaten to death on camera...
0:01:45 > 0:01:49how a Europe-wide DNA search led police to a fugitive
0:01:49 > 0:01:51who had fled to Slovakia...
0:01:52 > 0:01:53There is no hiding place,
0:01:53 > 0:01:57because DNA is such a wonderful investigatory tool for us.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03..and, after an audacious armed attack on a prison van,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06this Salford gang member gets a nasty surprise
0:02:06 > 0:02:10over breakfast in the Spanish sunshine.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21In West Yorkshire,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24serving warrants issued by other European police forces
0:02:24 > 0:02:26is a high priority.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I think we get the full spectrum.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32We get some who are relatively new arrivals,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35but also some who've been established
0:02:35 > 0:02:38and convinced themselves that it's a piece of history
0:02:38 > 0:02:41and that that computer record will have been deleted.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Tonight, officers Dave Lockwood and Tom Allen
0:02:45 > 0:02:47have a warrant for a Hungarian man
0:02:47 > 0:02:50alleged to have committed an offence five years ago.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Right, the one we're going to go for first is this lad in Huddersfield.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Police attended his house three weeks ago and he was present,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58so it's an up-to-date one,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01where we know he was living in this house three weeks ago,
0:03:01 > 0:03:02so we don't want a passage of time,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04we want to get there as soon as we can,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07and get in there and see if we can get him arrested.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13The man they're after has been accused by Hungarian police
0:03:13 > 0:03:15of falsely reporting a crime.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17As dusk falls,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Dave and Tom waste no time in heading out
0:03:19 > 0:03:22in the hope of catching him at home.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24We also have his address
0:03:24 > 0:03:27corroborated by some of our partner agencies
0:03:27 > 0:03:30that have him linked and living at that address
0:03:30 > 0:03:34as of the 25th of January 2016, two weeks ago,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37but don't take that for granted, because we could go there
0:03:37 > 0:03:39and he could have moved out this aft', so...
0:03:42 > 0:03:45On top of the crime he's wanted for in Hungary,
0:03:45 > 0:03:50their target also has form as a violent offender here in the UK.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Arrested a few times while he's been here in West Yorkshire.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56He's been to prison
0:03:56 > 0:03:57for three assaults, I think -
0:03:57 > 0:04:00I've got to confirm that, but I think it was three assaults.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03He's also connected to Barnsley and Beverley.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Not wanting to tip off their man,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Tom parks up the marked police car
0:04:10 > 0:04:13and they quickly head towards the address on foot.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19As Dave arrives, he stops a man in a dark alley leaving the house...
0:04:21 > 0:04:24You all right, mate? Is this your house?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- No.- No. Are you just visiting? What's your name?
0:04:28 > 0:04:29Do you live here?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31..but he's not the man they're looking for,
0:04:31 > 0:04:34so Dave enters the property to carry on the search...
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Hello, police.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Hello?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44..heading upstairs in the dark to the bedrooms.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49This looks to be the main room here.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55So, we have a power to enter a property
0:04:55 > 0:04:57to search for wanted persons,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59so we've come into the property for that.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Now we're here, and there's nobody here,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05we need to establish if a wanted person is living here,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08look for his ID, which again we have a power for.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10You all right with lighting?
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Dave goes back downstairs to question the man
0:05:12 > 0:05:14he stopped in the alley outside.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17He discovers the man lives in this house,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20along with the Hungarian they're looking for.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- He's at work. - And we don't know where?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26No. Normally home about half past nine.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Although they've found the wanted man's house, he's not here.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32They've missed him by a few hours.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35We can come back later on...
0:05:37 > 0:05:38..if he's going to be here.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Will he be home at half past nine,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42or does he finish work at half past nine?
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Finish work, and then after, he's come.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47He'll definitely be coming home?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49So what time is he usually home for?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- 9.30.- 9.30 he'll be in this house?
0:05:52 > 0:05:55It's quarter to seven now, it's nearly seven o'clock,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58so two and a half hours you'll see him here?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- Two and a half hours... - You're not going to ring him?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03No, no, no. Just he is coming here.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Right. What does he do, does he do takeaway or driving, or...?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09No, he works on a building job.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Building - oh, he's a builder. In Huddersfield?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- In Huddersfield, yes. - And you don't know where?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- I don't know where. - All right, take care.- See you later.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19They know that leaving the house is a gamble.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Despite his promise, the man inside could easily warn his housemate
0:06:23 > 0:06:26that the police have come looking for him...
0:06:27 > 0:06:29..but with a heavy workload to get through,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Dave and Tom need to press on with their next task.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37The chap we've just spoken to could notify him, could contact him,
0:06:37 > 0:06:39could let him know, he could come home and tell him
0:06:39 > 0:06:42that the police have come looking for him,
0:06:42 > 0:06:46so it's now a case of we've got to wait and come back
0:06:46 > 0:06:48at half nine and hope he's there.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51He could do a runner if he knows he's wanted.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52He may not, he may be there
0:06:52 > 0:06:54and want to know what we need to talk to him for -
0:06:54 > 0:06:56but we've lost the element of surprise.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00When we make enquiries,
0:07:00 > 0:07:02there's the risk that some parts of the community
0:07:02 > 0:07:07will seek to conceal the whereabouts of the wanted person,
0:07:07 > 0:07:09but there's also that section within the community
0:07:09 > 0:07:13who have got the morals to say, "If that person's wanted,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16"they can be responsible for their actions,"
0:07:16 > 0:07:20and therefore tell us about their subsequent movements.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25So will Dave and Tom's gamble come good...
0:07:28 > 0:07:30..or could the man they seek be tipped off
0:07:30 > 0:07:33about their plan to return to his home?
0:07:33 > 0:07:36All right, there's a rear door, as well, at the side.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49The criminal gangs of Salford in Greater Manchester
0:07:49 > 0:07:52have for years held close ties to Spain.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56When the heat at home becomes too much to handle,
0:07:56 > 0:07:58some head for a place in the sun.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03One of those was Paul Taylor.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07He was wanted for breaking two individuals out of a prison van
0:08:07 > 0:08:10in Salford - which, in itself, is quite an unusual crime,
0:08:10 > 0:08:12and obviously quite a serious one, as well.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20In April 2013, a prison van was stuck in Salford rush-hour traffic.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Inside were two men on their way to face trial
0:08:23 > 0:08:25at Manchester Crown Court.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33A car full of armed men and a motorcyclist were waiting.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37We know that the green coloured Saab was parked here
0:08:37 > 0:08:39on the left-hand side.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43As the prison van approached from Regent Road towards the city centre,
0:08:43 > 0:08:45the green car then shot across the junction
0:08:45 > 0:08:48and pulled directly in front of the prison van.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52The offenders then got out of the car and attacked the prison van
0:08:52 > 0:08:54in rush-hour traffic.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56It was a daring hijack.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Three men stormed the van,
0:08:58 > 0:09:01determined to free two of the prisoners held inside -
0:09:01 > 0:09:03members of their own Salford gang.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07The men involved were wearing balaclavas,
0:09:07 > 0:09:09in possession of a sledgehammer,
0:09:09 > 0:09:11a firearm and a pickaxe.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16CCTV shows the armed men forcing their way into the van
0:09:16 > 0:09:18to release the prisoners,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21and using their weapons to threaten the guards.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25They were extremely traumatised by this incident.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28It was horrific for them - but not only them,
0:09:28 > 0:09:30it was rush-hour traffic at the time.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33There was a large number of members of the public
0:09:33 > 0:09:35sat in their own cars along Regent Road,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38behind this van and obviously observed what happened.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44The breakout became national headline news.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Two prisoners are on the run
0:09:46 > 0:09:49after a gang of masked men ambushed a prison van in Greater Manchester.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51It happened during the rush hour.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Police are now trying to find the men.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56They are appealing for anyone with any information to get in touch.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Sharp-eyed witnesses spotted the motorcyclist,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03who was also caught on CCTV.
0:10:03 > 0:10:09Driving a stolen Superbike, but barely visible, was Paul Taylor,
0:10:09 > 0:10:12riding pillion in a distinctive red jacket,
0:10:12 > 0:10:14one of the escaped prisoners.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Within hours of committing the offence,
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Taylor abandoned the motorbike,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21called a taxi and fled the country.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23He seemed to have planned his escape...
0:10:23 > 0:10:26If you're going to break someone out of a prison van, anyway,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28I think you're making quite a conscious choice
0:10:28 > 0:10:29that you're going to be wanted.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31This is a very definite act,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34it's not heat of the moment, it's preplanned, it's thought about,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36so he must have known that when he did that,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38that he would have to go on the run straightaway.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40So he was probably prepared to do that, really,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42before he even committed the crime.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44..but in his haste to escape,
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Taylor left damning evidence at a garage near the scene.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51They left a motorbike helmet, a leather jacket,
0:10:51 > 0:10:54and, crucially, inside that leather jacket was a mobile phone
0:10:54 > 0:10:56belonging to Paul Taylor.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00The belongings Taylor left at the garage
0:11:00 > 0:11:03provided police with a wealth of information
0:11:03 > 0:11:04about the rest of the gang,
0:11:04 > 0:11:08and some useful clues as to where he might be hiding out.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12An examination of his own mobile phone
0:11:12 > 0:11:16suggested that he'd been in contact with people in Spain.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22We knew that, potentially, some family members owned a bar in Spain,
0:11:22 > 0:11:23possibly in Alicante.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Despite the early leads, Taylor was elusive.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32For the next ten months he managed to hide out in Spain -
0:11:32 > 0:11:35but, by March 2014, the National Crime Agency
0:11:35 > 0:11:39were close enough to issue a warrant for his arrest.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Later - how Spanish police
0:11:43 > 0:11:45already had their suspicions
0:11:45 > 0:11:49about the latest British criminal to arrive on the Costa Blanca.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52They thought they were already aware of where Taylor might be,
0:11:52 > 0:11:53so once we'd said to the Spanish,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56"Look, we think he's probably in your country,"
0:11:56 > 0:11:58they said, "We've probably got a lock on him already.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00"We might have an idea of where he is."
0:12:06 > 0:12:10London - home to the specialist squads of the Metropolitan Police...
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Police, can you open the door please?
0:12:12 > 0:12:13LETTERBOX RATTLES
0:12:13 > 0:12:16..amongst them, the Extradition Unit.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Hello, it's the police, can you open the door please?
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Teams of detectives working round-the-clock,
0:12:21 > 0:12:23tracking down foreign criminals.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25It's a manhunt unit -
0:12:25 > 0:12:26we're looking at finding people
0:12:26 > 0:12:28rather than investigating the crimes.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30This unit hunts for fugitives
0:12:30 > 0:12:33here to escape the law in other countries...
0:12:33 > 0:12:34All right, this way.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37..and brings them in to face justice.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Detective Chief Inspector Julie Bidewell
0:12:43 > 0:12:45leads the Extradition Unit.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46The intel that we've got on him,
0:12:46 > 0:12:48can we start working on that in the meantime?
0:12:48 > 0:12:51She's put Detective Sergeant Pete Rance
0:12:51 > 0:12:53in charge of a major operation -
0:12:53 > 0:12:55codename Absolute.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- OK.- OK?- We'll get some research done on it this afternoon.- Right, lovely.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01The aim of the operation is to find and arrest
0:13:01 > 0:13:05more than 50 European fugitives in the Greater London area
0:13:05 > 0:13:07over two weeks of coordinated action.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10We have new cases coming in every day,
0:13:10 > 0:13:12so we've always got a backlog.
0:13:12 > 0:13:18On average we'll have between 180-280 open cases.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22So, if we can increase the number of teams
0:13:22 > 0:13:25that we've got going out and knocking on doors,
0:13:25 > 0:13:29that enables us to make more arrests and to reduce that backlog.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36Quarter to six in the morning, and Operation Absolute is underway.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Whilst Pete and his team head off to Deptford
0:13:39 > 0:13:41to search for a wanted Lithuanian,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44detectives Jamie Darby and Dave Salmon
0:13:44 > 0:13:48are searching the streets of East London for their targets.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Hello, good morning. We're from the police,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52we need to speak to the people that live here.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53What nationality are you?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55- French.- You're French?- Yeah.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57What about the other people?
0:13:57 > 0:14:02We need to speak to everyone here.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- Are you sure?- Yeah, yeah.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06OK.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Essentially, the unit is trying to track down people
0:14:08 > 0:14:11that are wanted in foreign countries,
0:14:11 > 0:14:15and they're either wanted to serve sentences for criminal offences
0:14:15 > 0:14:17or to face trial for criminal offences.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21So, day-to-day we're assessing the work that's coming in,
0:14:21 > 0:14:24prioritising it, and then sending our teams out
0:14:24 > 0:14:28to try and locate, identify and arrest the people that are wanted.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35Operation Absolute has the backup of the UK's National Crime Agency -
0:14:35 > 0:14:37but even with the best intelligence,
0:14:37 > 0:14:41it's not always easy to track down wanted men and women -
0:14:41 > 0:14:43as Dave has just discovered.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47He's got the exact same name, same year of birth,
0:14:47 > 0:14:51so...it's not the same guy.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54He looks very similar to the chap, but it...
0:14:54 > 0:14:56We've bottomed it out, it's not the same guy.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Detective Sergeant Pete Rance is running the operation.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06He's out on the road on the other side of London.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10South East London - we're looking for a fella wanted in Lithuania
0:15:10 > 0:15:13for criminal damage, smashing up a petrol pump
0:15:13 > 0:15:17in a petrol station in Lithuania, back in July 2013.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22The house Pete's investigating has several occupants,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24and they have to check every room...
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Good morning, sorry to trouble you, sir.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30We're from the police. You understand?
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Yeah, yeah, I understand.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33- OK, where are you from? - I am from Italy.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34From Italy?
0:15:34 > 0:15:39..but the Lithuanian man Pete's after is no longer here.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41He hasn't picked his mail up in over a week,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44so my gut feeling is that the guy we've spoken to upstairs
0:15:44 > 0:15:45is telling me the truth.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Neither of the teams are having much success so far.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Sometimes it's really easy and very straightforward.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Individuals are expecting to be found
0:15:57 > 0:15:59and they don't try and hide too easily.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Others really will keep moving,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05every month or two they will change their address,
0:16:05 > 0:16:09they will use false identities and it can take us weeks,
0:16:09 > 0:16:13months and sometimes years to actually find these individuals.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Searching out fugitives
0:16:15 > 0:16:20who continually change identities and addresses takes persistence,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23but there are plenty more to go after.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24I've got several addresses,
0:16:24 > 0:16:26so we won't waste any more time with this one,
0:16:26 > 0:16:29we'll go on to the next one now.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31I've got another two in Romford,
0:16:31 > 0:16:33so we'll see how we get on with them.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Hungary has issued a warrant for your arrest.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Later, things start to look up for Pete and Dave
0:16:40 > 0:16:42as the arrests start flowing.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51In West Yorkshire,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54officers Dave Lockwood and his colleague Tom Allen
0:16:54 > 0:16:56are hunting for men and women wanted across Europe.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Earlier they found the home of a man
0:17:00 > 0:17:04who has been accused of falsely reporting a crime in Hungary...
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Hello, police.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10..but when they paid him a visit, he wasn't in.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Will he be home at half past nine,
0:17:12 > 0:17:14or does he finish work at half past nine?
0:17:14 > 0:17:18He finishes work and then after he comes.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20He'll definitely come home?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22So what time is usually home for?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- 9.30.- 9.30 he'll be in this house?
0:17:25 > 0:17:26OK.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30The housemate was warned not to tip off the wanted man...
0:17:32 > 0:17:35..because Dave and Tom had another important job to do,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38and couldn't wait at the address for their man to return.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43It's now a case of, we've got to wait
0:17:43 > 0:17:46and come back at half nine and hope he's there.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49He could do a runner, if he knows he's wanted.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53They head off to Leeds to visit another fugitive,
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Florin Makowichuk.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57He was arrested several months ago
0:17:57 > 0:17:59and is to be extradited to Romania
0:17:59 > 0:18:02to serve time for driving without a licence.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Currently he's at home on bail.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08He is getting extradited on Tuesday the 16th of February,
0:18:08 > 0:18:10so we're going to be going to his home address
0:18:10 > 0:18:14and we're going to be serving him with these papers.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16We're basically going to tell him
0:18:16 > 0:18:19he has to surrender himself to officers on Tuesday,
0:18:19 > 0:18:22and we'll be taking him to the airport and extraditing him.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28The legal process of extraditing criminals can be time-consuming.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Tom and Dave must make sure the Romanian receives legal papers,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36telling him he'll be sent home in just four days' time
0:18:36 > 0:18:39to serve a 21-month prison sentence.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40- Hello.- Yes.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Is Florin in, please?
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- Yeah.- Hello, Florin, are we all right to come in?
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Thank you.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49When you last appeared at the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court
0:18:49 > 0:18:52the appropriate judge ordered your extradition to Romania.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Arrangements have been made for your extradition from this country
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- on Tuesday the 16th of February 2016.- Yes.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01That's four days' time, OK?
0:19:01 > 0:19:05You'll be transported in a police vehicle from your home address
0:19:05 > 0:19:06to the airport by officers
0:19:06 > 0:19:09from West Yorkshire Police - that's our colleagues.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Due to the timings of the flight,
0:19:11 > 0:19:13you're required to surrender to the officers
0:19:13 > 0:19:16at your home address at 1.20 on Tuesday.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Here.- Yes.- You must be here, OK?
0:19:19 > 0:19:20Yeah, it were good.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24We've obviously disturbed a family meal he were having.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Perfectly happy, he said he knew about it.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29He didn't know exactly what day,
0:19:29 > 0:19:31but he knew his extradition had been authorised,
0:19:31 > 0:19:34so I don't think we'll have any problem with him.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35By the end of the week,
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Makowichuk will have been returned to Romania
0:19:38 > 0:19:40to serve time for his driving offence,
0:19:40 > 0:19:44leaving his partner and children behind in West Yorkshire.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49It's not our role to investigate the crimes that occurred
0:19:49 > 0:19:50in other European countries.
0:19:50 > 0:19:56Our role is to take those people back so that they can face justice.
0:19:58 > 0:20:03Later, Tom and Dave are back on the trail of the missing Hungarian...
0:20:03 > 0:20:05but will he have been tipped off
0:20:05 > 0:20:08that the police are about to pay him a visit?
0:20:15 > 0:20:16In April 2013,
0:20:16 > 0:20:2024-year-old Paul Taylor was part of a gang of armed men
0:20:20 > 0:20:25who staged a daring hijack on a prison van stuck in traffic.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Their mission - to free two prisoners on their way to court.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Taylor helped one prisoner escape on the back of a stolen motorbike.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36They were in possession of weapons,
0:20:36 > 0:20:39including a sledgehammer and a firearm.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42They forced the driver to open the rear of the van
0:20:42 > 0:20:47and entered the van inside and threatened the other officer inside.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48Ten months later,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51the gang and the prisoners who'd escaped
0:20:51 > 0:20:54were all facing prosecution -
0:20:54 > 0:20:58except for Taylor, who had fled to Spain.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00He was involved in organised crime,
0:21:00 > 0:21:03and it was likely his life was far better
0:21:03 > 0:21:04than it would've been in the UK,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07and certainly we didn't want him living the high life in Spain
0:21:07 > 0:21:11while his co-defendants were on trial for very serious offences.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16When wanted men flee to Europe,
0:21:16 > 0:21:17it's the National Crime Agency
0:21:17 > 0:21:20who send out their warrant for the arrest.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Taylor's warrant was picked up by Inspector Olga Lizana
0:21:25 > 0:21:28at the Spanish police's fugitive unit in Madrid.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Any kind of European arrest warrant or international arrest warrant,
0:21:34 > 0:21:36it comes to my office.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41So, normally we open around five and eight new cases every day.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45That doesn't mean that they're in Spain, but we have to check them.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49We arrest about 350 people every year.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54Olga enlisted the help of Inspector Jose Luiz,
0:21:54 > 0:21:58from the Alicante area's serious crime team to find Paul Taylor.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01He knew exactly where to look.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21For Olga, Jose Luiz's local knowledge was invaluable.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23We couldn't do it without them
0:22:23 > 0:22:25because, you know, these guys know the area.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28They know all the places, all the small villages,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31so we really need their help to arrest the fugitives.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Intelligence from the NCA and Olga's unit
0:22:34 > 0:22:37led them to Taylor's father's home
0:22:37 > 0:22:41in a town called L'Alfas del Pi, a few miles north of Benidorm.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46So, they performed surveillance on a property in the Alicante region
0:22:46 > 0:22:50and they thought that, yes, that he was there.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53They then surveilled him on what turned out to be a stolen motorcycle
0:22:53 > 0:22:58heading down a motorway where he met some of the males at a cafe.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Jose and his colleagues made their move,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05arresting the eight men
0:23:05 > 0:23:08who were about to tuck into a hearty English breakfast.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Taylor was one of the last to be forced to the ground.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31When officers checked the men's paperwork,
0:23:31 > 0:23:35they found Taylor was using a false identity.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39When he provided fake documentation, they questioned him,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41asked for a few background details.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43He wasn't able to give a convincing story,
0:23:43 > 0:23:47he wasn't able to confirm who he said he was,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49so they took him to the police station in Benidorm,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52at which point he confirmed, yes, he was Paul Taylor,
0:23:52 > 0:23:53and even said at that point
0:23:53 > 0:23:55that he was ready to come back to the UK already,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58so it didn't look like a lifetime on the run
0:23:58 > 0:24:00was going to be cut out for him.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Taylor was extradited to the UK,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08where the rest of his gang were already on trial.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Well, the whole team were absolutely elated,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14because the trial had already started at that point.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15It was still ongoing,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18and we knew that we'd actually found him and he'd been located.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23For Olga and Jose, it was a great result.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25There's such a good cooperation right now
0:24:25 > 0:24:27with the British authorities
0:24:27 > 0:24:30that we're arresting a lot of British fugitives.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33So, if they come here, we'll find them, sooner or later.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35They always make a mistake,
0:24:35 > 0:24:38and we have to be there just to detect that mistake
0:24:38 > 0:24:39and then get them.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53When a wanted man or woman is taken into custody,
0:24:53 > 0:24:55a DNA swab can be taken,
0:24:55 > 0:24:59and their genetic profile added to a police database.
0:24:59 > 0:25:04This information has transformed the way crimes are detected.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09Most crimes will involve a contact between a victim and an offender.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10That means there is a transfer,
0:25:10 > 0:25:12or potential transfer, of body fluids
0:25:12 > 0:25:14and that means there's an opportunity to do DNA profiling.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26In March 2015, a teenager was viciously attacked in Leeds.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30She'd been approached by a man.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32He'd then picked her up,
0:25:32 > 0:25:34lifted her off the ground,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37taken her into the garden behind that high hedge...
0:25:37 > 0:25:39thrown her to be floor with such force
0:25:39 > 0:25:44that she sustained a very nasty injury to her hip and her pelvis.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47The woman was then beaten with a rock and raped.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54West Yorkshire Police launched a manhunt for the attacker,
0:25:54 > 0:25:56who had left DNA at the scene.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59They had a very, very dangerous sexual predator
0:25:59 > 0:26:01roaming the streets of Leeds,
0:26:01 > 0:26:05and, of course, that creates a lot of panic, understandably.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07So, the pressure was on us.
0:26:07 > 0:26:12We obtained a DNA profile from the offender from the scene
0:26:12 > 0:26:17and I suppose we do get very used to science solving offences for us.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21Detectives turned to the national DNA database for help.
0:26:21 > 0:26:26Introduced in 1995, it was the first of its kind in the world...
0:26:27 > 0:26:28It's used every day
0:26:28 > 0:26:31in the elimination, but also the matching,
0:26:31 > 0:26:34of potential criminals against unsolved crime.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37It holds two sets of information, essentially.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41DNA profiles taken from material found at a scene of a crime
0:26:41 > 0:26:43where there is no known offender,
0:26:43 > 0:26:45and DNA taken from people who are arrested,
0:26:45 > 0:26:46in the form of a cheek swab,
0:26:46 > 0:26:48and the results of that analysis
0:26:48 > 0:26:50are uploaded onto the national DNA database.
0:26:52 > 0:26:57..but there was no DNA match in the UK for the attacker in Leeds.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59The man wasn't a known offender.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Yes, we've got a DNA profile,
0:27:02 > 0:27:05but he's not recorded on the national DNA database.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08So that horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach
0:27:08 > 0:27:10that we had a dangerous sexual predator
0:27:10 > 0:27:12and he is somewhere out there,
0:27:12 > 0:27:14literally, for me, felt like, you know,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17I was searching for that needle in a haystack.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22Police decided to carry out a targeted DNA swabbing exercise,
0:27:22 > 0:27:26gathering samples from over 1,000 men living near the scene.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Until very recently,
0:27:32 > 0:27:37the wait for DNA test results could slow down investigations,
0:27:37 > 0:27:40but new technology is being introduced
0:27:40 > 0:27:42to help speed up detection.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44What these devices do is allow us to take the laboratory
0:27:44 > 0:27:48to the scene of crime, or to the custody suite,
0:27:48 > 0:27:50and do the analysis real-time
0:27:50 > 0:27:53at the point at where the evidence is recovered -
0:27:53 > 0:27:55completely transforming the process,
0:27:55 > 0:27:59both in terms of time and also where it is conducted.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03In Leeds, one of those men sampled was a close match
0:28:03 > 0:28:06for the description of the attacker -
0:28:06 > 0:28:09but a DNA test showed it wasn't him.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11The gut feeling of the detective
0:28:11 > 0:28:15was this guy looks very, very much like our rapist.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18The DNA came back as not being a match.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21The officer still had a bad feeling about him,
0:28:21 > 0:28:24but of course the DNA is so specific that it can't lie.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30Officers had unwittingly tested the offender's brother -
0:28:30 > 0:28:31but why didn't the test indicate
0:28:31 > 0:28:34that the man was related to the offender?
0:28:34 > 0:28:37When forensic scientists carry out DNA profiling
0:28:37 > 0:28:41of brothers or sisters, they'll be very similar in their nature,
0:28:41 > 0:28:42but there will be differences.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44So if there is a near match,
0:28:44 > 0:28:47perhaps from a relative of the perpetrator,
0:28:47 > 0:28:50then that may not be generated as a match
0:28:50 > 0:28:52from the national DNA database.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58With no matches in the UK, it was time to cast the net wider.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Was the man who'd sexually assaulted a Leeds teenager known abroad?
0:29:04 > 0:29:07His DNA profile was circulated throughout Europe,
0:29:07 > 0:29:11and within hours the offender was identified.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14We got a phone call from the Slovakian Embassy saying,
0:29:14 > 0:29:18he's a match for a guy called Zdenko Turtak.
0:29:18 > 0:29:19"He's your man, what do you want us to do?"
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Of course, that was a telephone call
0:29:22 > 0:29:25that I'll never, ever forget receiving.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26An absolutely amazing feeling.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31A European arrest warrant was issued
0:29:31 > 0:29:35and Slovakian police traced 22-year-old Turtak
0:29:35 > 0:29:40to a Roma settlement called Velka Ida, where he was arrested.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44Officers from West Yorkshire Police flew out to bring him back.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47That was a major highlight of the investigation,
0:29:47 > 0:29:49knowing that we actually had him now,
0:29:49 > 0:29:51back within our jurisdiction
0:29:51 > 0:29:54and then he can become part of the British judicial process.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00With more and more people moving from country to country,
0:30:00 > 0:30:04sharing DNA across borders is key to solving crime,
0:30:04 > 0:30:06and the science is changing fast.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13We now give the power of the analysis to the investigator
0:30:13 > 0:30:14to be done in hours,
0:30:14 > 0:30:18and that is a complete transformation of the current way,
0:30:18 > 0:30:22in terms of forensic DNA profiling is conducted in the United Kingdom.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26In court, Zdenko Turtak pleaded guilty to rape
0:30:26 > 0:30:30and grievous bodily harm and was sentenced to 20 years.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34There was no bigger investigation in West Yorkshire,
0:30:34 > 0:30:37and there hadn't been for some years before this.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41Ultimately, he was miles away in a different part of Europe
0:30:41 > 0:30:46when we arrested him, but arrest him we did, so there is no hiding place.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49You will be found, because DNA is such a wonderful,
0:30:49 > 0:30:52magnificent investigatory tool for us.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07West Yorkshire Police officers Dave Lockwood and Tom Allen
0:31:07 > 0:31:09are on their way back to Huddersfield
0:31:09 > 0:31:12to a house they visited earlier in the evening.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17They're hunting for a man who's been accused of falsely reporting a crime
0:31:17 > 0:31:19back home in Hungary.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Hello, police.
0:31:24 > 0:31:25Just a few hours ago,
0:31:25 > 0:31:28the officers visited the wanted man's house,
0:31:28 > 0:31:29but found he wasn't home.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35He'll definitely come home - so what time's usually home for?
0:31:35 > 0:31:37- 9.30.- 9.30 he'll be in this house?
0:31:38 > 0:31:41At exactly 9.30, the officers are back.
0:31:43 > 0:31:48The man they're after has previously been arrested for assault in the UK.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Tom and Dave can only hope he hasn't been told
0:31:51 > 0:31:53that they are looking for him.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55- I'll go round the side.- All right -
0:31:55 > 0:31:57there's a rear door, as well, at the side.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03There's no answer at the front door.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Hoping they're not out of luck, Dave decides to try around the back.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17The back door is open.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Upstairs, Dave finds a person
0:32:19 > 0:32:23who matches the description of their wanted man.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- Your ID card, is that your...?- Yeah.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Yeah. And your last name?
0:32:28 > 0:32:30That's you? Right, OK.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Thank you very much for confirming your ID.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Right, I need to give you some bad news.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Unfortunately there's been a European Arrest Warrant
0:32:38 > 0:32:39- issued for your arrest.- Arrest?
0:32:39 > 0:32:41From Hungary.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Yeah? There's been a warrant issued for your arrest.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46- Hungarian?- Yeah.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48You're now in my care, you're now being arrested.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- We're going to go to the police station, OK?- Yeah, right.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53This paperwork here is a legal copy for you -
0:32:53 > 0:32:55it's the European Arrest Warrant.
0:32:55 > 0:32:56The first bit's in English.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00If you don't read English too well, it's also in Hungarian,
0:33:00 > 0:33:02so you can understand why I'm here and what I'm saying to you.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06They're saying you have made a false crime report
0:33:06 > 0:33:08to Budapest District Police.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10I'll give it you in Hungarian so you can read it,
0:33:10 > 0:33:12but I just want to get sorted out here,
0:33:12 > 0:33:14I just want to try and explain what's happening to you.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16- You've not got anything you shouldn't have, have you?- No.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19Any tools, any screwdrivers or owt from work?
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Oh! There we are. Owt else you shouldn't have?
0:33:21 > 0:33:24- Owt else that's going to hurt me? No, you're good.- OK.
0:33:24 > 0:33:25Right, we'll get you some clothes,
0:33:25 > 0:33:28we'll get you changed over, OK?
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Talk to your friends, then we'll go to police station
0:33:30 > 0:33:33- and get a Hungarian interpreter, OK? - Yeah.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39With the man's history of assault, Dave's not taking any chances.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43The prisoner is handcuffed and taken to the police station.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45It's all right, you OK?
0:33:45 > 0:33:47- You all right?- Yeah.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49I don't know who you are yet,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51so I just want to keep everything chilled.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54This is yours. You can read it either now or on the way down there,
0:33:54 > 0:33:55it's in Hungarian,
0:33:55 > 0:33:59and it basically tells you what you've been arrested for, OK?
0:34:04 > 0:34:05With the cuffs off,
0:34:05 > 0:34:09the suspect's fingerprints are taken and sent to Hungary
0:34:09 > 0:34:12to confirm they have the right man.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15So, when I've taken these fingerprints,
0:34:15 > 0:34:18once I've finished, within a few minutes
0:34:18 > 0:34:21it's going to confirm that you're the wanted person in Hungary.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Two thumbs like this, two thumbs on there.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29Once Dave is 100% sure of the arrested man's identity,
0:34:29 > 0:34:31he'll be taken to court.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35The offence he's accused of in Hungary is relatively minor,
0:34:35 > 0:34:37so it will now be up to the judge to decide
0:34:37 > 0:34:40if he should be sent home to face trial.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Across London,
0:34:49 > 0:34:53detectives from the Metropolitan Police's Extradition Unit
0:34:53 > 0:34:55are conducting a special operation,
0:34:55 > 0:34:57a series of early morning strikes
0:34:57 > 0:35:01with the aim of arresting up to 50 wanted fugitives.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03It's the police. Can you open the door, please?
0:35:06 > 0:35:09The National Crime Agency is also part of the operation,
0:35:09 > 0:35:11and for the past few weeks,
0:35:11 > 0:35:14their officers have been seeking out intelligence
0:35:14 > 0:35:17on the men and women wanted in other European countries.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22When we get an incoming warrant, from wherever jurisdiction,
0:35:22 > 0:35:25the first thing we do is run it through the UK systems,
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Police National Computer, Police National Database.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30We're looking for a UK connection.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35And if we get, however small, a UK connection -
0:35:35 > 0:35:39so something that identifies that the individual's here
0:35:39 > 0:35:42or has been here - then we do further work.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45So trying to identify where people are through telephone,
0:35:45 > 0:35:48through working with police forces, working with informants,
0:35:48 > 0:35:50working with social media,
0:35:50 > 0:35:53take your pick. Anything...
0:35:53 > 0:35:55and also the other government departments,
0:35:55 > 0:35:59so tax office, health service, etc, those sort of things.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03If the individual is of such a significant risk,
0:36:03 > 0:36:05then the range of what we do
0:36:05 > 0:36:09goes from the very, very minor to the quite intrusive.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13But even with the latest intelligence,
0:36:13 > 0:36:16so far this morning there have been no arrests...
0:36:16 > 0:36:17DOG BARKS
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Hello, it's the police. Can you open the door, please?
0:36:21 > 0:36:24..but their persistence is about to pay off.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29Detective Sergeant Pete Rance is after a man who's wanted in Hungary.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34It's a Hungarian warrant.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37This guy's wanted for using a stolen credit card
0:36:37 > 0:36:39to go on a spending spree,
0:36:39 > 0:36:43and...also for...
0:36:43 > 0:36:46a burglary, so we're going to make an approach to the address.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50Hopefully he'll be in, and if he is, we'll arrest him.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55The man who is wanted to stand trial in Hungary
0:36:55 > 0:36:57has been accused of theft and fraud.
0:36:57 > 0:37:02After much searching, Pete finds the address he's looking for.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05It's a house where each room is rented out separately.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Hello?
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Hello? It's the police.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13- Hello.- OK, nothing to worry about.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15- Yeah?- I just need to know who lives in this room.
0:37:17 > 0:37:18I'm from the police.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Can I come in?
0:37:24 > 0:37:26There's, erm...
0:37:26 > 0:37:28- Hungary...- Yeah?- Yes? - Do you speak English?
0:37:28 > 0:37:32- No.- A little bit... Hungary has issued a warrant for your arrest.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34OK, it doesn't mean he's in trouble in this country,
0:37:34 > 0:37:37but he has to come with us and go to court in London,
0:37:37 > 0:37:40and then a judge has to decide if you stay here
0:37:40 > 0:37:42or if you go back to Hungary.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Now, Pete needs to get his man in front of a judge
0:37:48 > 0:37:50as soon as possible.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56In extradition, people have to be at court as soon as practicable,
0:37:56 > 0:38:01and that's generally recognised as being there within a 24-hour period.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03That means if you were to arrest somebody
0:38:03 > 0:38:05at six o'clock in the morning, for example,
0:38:05 > 0:38:08they have to be at court that day,
0:38:08 > 0:38:13and the cut-off time for court is two o'clock in the afternoon.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16If you don't get them there by two o'clock in the afternoon,
0:38:16 > 0:38:19it's quite...you know, the law is quite specific
0:38:19 > 0:38:21that the judge can discharge the case.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27The suspected thief is taken to Charing Cross police station,
0:38:27 > 0:38:30where his identity is confirmed.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33From there it's a short journey to the Magistrates' Court,
0:38:33 > 0:38:35where his case will be heard.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Across town, detectives Jamie Darby and Dave Salmon
0:38:40 > 0:38:43are on the trail of a woman wanted for stealing money
0:38:43 > 0:38:45from her employer in Portugal...
0:38:46 > 0:38:50There's no photograph and there's no fingerprints,
0:38:50 > 0:38:53I don't think, so we'll have to play it by ear.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55..and identification is critical.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59The ID's probably the most crucial thing...
0:38:59 > 0:39:02If she says it's not her, then...
0:39:02 > 0:39:04we've got to prove that it is her.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08So if there is no photograph to sort of confirm who she is,
0:39:08 > 0:39:11you need a passport or ID card, really.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Because when we put them before the judge at court,
0:39:15 > 0:39:17we've got to say that it's definitely that person.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22The name they have on the arrest warrant is quite a mouthful...
0:39:23 > 0:39:27..Maria Isabel da Silva Albuquerque da Cruz.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29She's been convicted of forgery
0:39:29 > 0:39:31and embezzlement in Portugal
0:39:31 > 0:39:33and was sentenced to three years
0:39:33 > 0:39:35in prison back in 2010.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Hello, mate, sorry to bother you, police officer.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40Sorry, what's going on?
0:39:40 > 0:39:43I just need to come in and speak to your mum, that's all.
0:39:43 > 0:39:44OK.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Maria, can you just confirm your name for me?
0:39:46 > 0:39:50- Maria Isabel da Silva Albuquerque. - And your date of birth?
0:39:50 > 0:39:513rd of August, '63.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55OK. Maria, there's a warrant out for your arrest in Portugal, OK?
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- There's a European Arrest Warrant. - Oh, you're joking!- No.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59What's going to happen, listen,
0:39:59 > 0:40:01what's going to happen is, she's got to come with us.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04We're going to take her to the police station to book her in,
0:40:04 > 0:40:05and then we'll to take her straight to court.
0:40:05 > 0:40:06The judge will ask her
0:40:06 > 0:40:09- if she wants to go back to Portugal or not.- You're joking.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11You're going to have to get dressed and come with us this morning, OK?
0:40:13 > 0:40:14- But now?- Yes, now.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21The detectives are convinced they have the right woman...
0:40:23 > 0:40:26..but they'll need to take her to the police station to be sure.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34We're off to Belgravia police station.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37As usual we will take fingerprints,
0:40:37 > 0:40:40photograph and DNA and just process the lady.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42It should take about half an hour.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Take her up to Westminster Magistrates.
0:40:45 > 0:40:51So, normally you get it done within an hour and a half.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55Once they arrive, she is checked in by the desk sergeant.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59There's an extradition lawyer at court for you free of charge.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02And there'll be... Do you want an interpreter there or not?
0:41:02 > 0:41:06- No.- Are you sure?- Mm.- OK.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Anyone arrested and brought into custody
0:41:13 > 0:41:16is thoroughly checked against the records
0:41:16 > 0:41:19to find out if there are any previous convictions
0:41:19 > 0:41:22or other outstanding warrants for their arrest.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27She's never been arrested before in this country,
0:41:27 > 0:41:28so just to see if she comes back
0:41:28 > 0:41:31with committing any further offences.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35Finally, a sample of the woman's DNA and her photograph are taken,
0:41:35 > 0:41:38so that all her details are now on record.
0:41:38 > 0:41:39Obviously, if you're a fugitive,
0:41:39 > 0:41:42you're not necessarily going to keep the same date of birth
0:41:42 > 0:41:43or even the same first name -
0:41:43 > 0:41:46you may change things around just a little bit,
0:41:46 > 0:41:48just to try and throw people off the scent,
0:41:48 > 0:41:51that you're the person that's actually wanted
0:41:51 > 0:41:52in a foreign country.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54So it's really important for us
0:41:54 > 0:41:58to check out all of the information we get.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00With her identity finally confirmed,
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Maria Isabel da Silva Albuquerque da Cruz
0:42:03 > 0:42:06is taken to Westminster Magistrates' Court,
0:42:06 > 0:42:09where a judge will decide her fate.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Five months after her arrest,
0:42:19 > 0:42:21da Cruz was extradited back to Portugal
0:42:21 > 0:42:25to serve her prison sentence for forgery and embezzlement.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29In December 2016,
0:42:29 > 0:42:33the Hungarian authorities decided to withdraw the warrant
0:42:33 > 0:42:35issued for the man accused of theft and fraud
0:42:35 > 0:42:39who was arrested in London 11 months previously -
0:42:39 > 0:42:43and three months after this Hungarian man was arrested
0:42:43 > 0:42:45by Dave and Tom in Huddersfield,
0:42:45 > 0:42:47a judge at the extradition court
0:42:47 > 0:42:49ruled that it would be against his human rights
0:42:49 > 0:42:51to extradite him back to Hungary,
0:42:51 > 0:42:54because of the minor nature of his alleged crimes.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Not so for serious criminal Paul Taylor.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02In April 2014,
0:43:02 > 0:43:05he was sentenced to five years and four months in prison
0:43:05 > 0:43:08for his part in the armed raid on a prison van.