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Who is Charles Sobhraj, the charismatic ‘Bikini Killer’ and conman? – NEWS.com.au
Who is Charles Sobhraj, the charismatic ‘Bikini Killer’ and conman?
Handsome, charming, and fluent in several languages, Charles Sobhraj was like some bizarre real-life combination of Patricia Highsmiths Tom Ripley and Thomas Harris Hannibal Lecter. His isn’t a name that many would recognise — yet the suave Vietnamese-Indian Frenchman was once one of Asia’s most wanted criminals, the charismatic con artist and so-called “Bikini Killer” who lured at least a dozen young backpackers to their deaths in the 1970s.
Finely tuned to what budget travellers wanted, Sobhraj…
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