World’s Most Wanted Criminals
“World’s Most Wanted Criminals” playing cards published by the World Without Criminals Organization, USA.
This “Most wanted” pack was published by the World Without Criminals Organization and the 52 cards provide details of mainly dangerous US criminals together with terrorists (e.g. Usama bin Laden) wanted by the FBI and Interpol. The cards include a photo of each criminal, their crime and if applicable, the reward figure for their capture. There are 2 jokers promoting the World Without Criminals Organization and a third advising the public to contact the FBI or the nearest US Embassy or Consulate. See the box►
Above: “World’s Most Wanted Criminals” playing cards published by the World Without Criminals Organization, USA.
By Peter Burnett
United Kingdom • Member since July 27, 2022 • Contact
I graduated in Russian and East European Studies from Birmingham University in 1969. It was as an undergraduate in Moscow in 1968 that I stumbled upon my first 3 packs of “unusual” playing cards which fired my curiosity and thence my life-long interest. I began researching and collecting cards in the early 1970s, since when I’ve acquired over 3,330 packs of non-standard cards, mainly from North America, UK and Western Europe, and of course from Russia and the former communist countries.
Following my retirement from the Bodleian Library in Dec. 2007 I took up a new role as Head of Library Development at the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) to support library development in low-income countries. This work necessitated regular training visits to many sub-Saharan African countries and also further afield, to Vietnam, Nepal and Bangladesh – all of which provided rich opportunities to further expand my playing card collection.
Since 2019 I’ve been working part-time in the Bodleian Library where I’ve been cataloguing the bequest of the late Donald Welsh, founder of the English Playing Card Society.
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