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From dictators to warlords, these individuals have earned their place in infamy. Join us as we count down our picks for the most evil humans currently walking the earth! Our list includes brutal tyrants, cult leaders, cartel bosses, and war criminals who have caused immeasurable suffering across the globe.
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00:00Kim Jong-un is the sun around which all else revolves.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we'll be looking at the most evil humans alive at the time of writing.
00:10On the Russian side, there is very little pressure on Putin to make a deal,
00:14especially because all opposition to him has been wiped out.
00:19Ali Khamenei
00:20In 1979, the Iranian revolution turned Iran into a theocracy.
00:25Since then, they've had two supreme leaders.
00:26He controls media, he controls judiciary, he controls police, and he has his own economic empire.
00:36The second, Ali Khamenei, has held the position since 1989.
00:40He's an extremely controversial leader who is responsible for the deaths of thousands.
00:44Khamenei rules with an iron fist, using overwhelming force to suppress any opponent.
00:48Since 2009, he was more comfortable in suppressing the democratic movement in Iran.
00:55He's a major enemy of feminism, believing it to be a Zionist plot to corrupt the role of women in society.
01:01Any part of the LGBTQIA plus grinds his gears, and there's not really anything nice to be said about him.
01:06The legacy of Ayatollah Khamenei would be creating a protection for the survival of the regime.
01:15El Chapo and Nemesillo
01:16Cartels are some of the most unethical organizations in human history.
01:19Currently, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel is one of the most infamous.
01:24A little-known Mexican drug lord named El Mencho was to be considered the city's most wanted fugitive and public enemy number one.
01:32They're based in Jalisco, western Mexico.
01:34They've been led by two despicable men, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes and Joaquin El Chapo Guzman.
01:40The latter was captured on three separate occasions and was finally convicted in 2019.
01:44The most powerful drug lord ever to live, reduced to tears in the hands of U.S. federal agents.
01:51Now, Joaquin El Chapo Guzman Loera facing life behind bars after a months-long trial found him guilty.
01:59Estimates claim he has over 34,000 deaths on his hands.
02:02Now they're run by Nemesio, who is just as despicable a person.
02:06He's currently Mexico's number one most wanted criminal, and there are huge rewards available for helping capture him.
02:11The $10 million reward for El Mencho's arrest has just been increased to $15 million.
02:17Josef Fritzl
02:18Unlike other entries on our list, most of Fritzl's evil deeds were targeted at one person, his daughter.
02:24What Elizabeth Fritzl revealed was that her father, Josef, had kept her locked in a cellar for 24 years.
02:31For 24 years, his daughter, Elizabeth, had been held captive by her own father in Austria.
02:35The abuse she suffered is beyond stomach-turning.
02:37It resulted in Fritzl and his daughter having several children in total.
02:42Fritzl managed to convince authorities that they were foundlings, allowing him to go unnoticed for years.
02:47He was a cunning, meticulous man who planned his crime years in advance.
02:52One child died.
02:53Three were raised by Fritzl, and the others were left in captivity.
02:56It was all revealed in 2008 after Elizabeth's daughter was taken to a hospital for medical attention.
03:00Staff found the situation suspicious and reported it to the police.
03:04Now he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars, as deserved.
03:07And in 2009, he's going to be given a whole life tarot, he's going to be given a life sentence, but eligible for parole after 15 years.
03:17Which is something to talk about there, because that, I would like to think that wouldn't happen here.
03:21Warren Jeffs.
03:23Cults are one of the most nefarious organizations a person can get involved in.
03:26Warren Jeffs is the prophet and leader of the FLDS.
03:29They often prey on vulnerable people, then make it so they can't leave via methods such as blackmail.
03:33One of the largest cults was the Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
03:38They're a polygamist cult with a tendency to severely abuse minors.
03:41One estimate claims ex-leader Warren Jeffs has over 79 wives.
03:45In this community where a man needs three wives to gain salvation, Warren Jeffs married over 80 women.
03:52It's unlikely they were all acquired via ethical means.
03:55The church has had thousands of members who all reside in an isolated location.
03:58Despite Jeffs' conviction, the church still exists and upholds his abhorrent practices.
04:03From prison, he continues to control the church.
04:06Under Warren Jeffs' leadership, rules became stricter, and many left the faith, whether by choice or excommunication.
04:12Rodrigo Duterte.
04:14Between 2016 and 2022, Duterte was president of the Philippines.
04:18Nicknamed the Punisher.
04:20Rodrigo Duterte is a Harley-riding, former city mayor who speaks his mind.
04:25Pretty much as soon as he got the job, he initiated a horrifically inhumane war on drugs.
04:30Rather than rehabilitating offenders, he encouraged people to murder them without a fair trial.
04:34To remind you, thousands of small-time drug dealers, users, others as well, were killed without trial while he was in office.
04:42It's unclear how many lost their lives as it was too chaotic to truly tell.
04:45Officially, there were just over 6,000.
04:47Overestimates claim it could be double that, or even up to 30,000.
04:50Even children lost their lives in the fighting, which the government simply dismissed as collateral damage.
04:55Duterte even once compared himself to Hitler, proving just how warped his worldview is.
04:59There is nothing wrong in trying to preserve the interest of the next generation.
05:07Peter Scully.
05:08The dark web can be an abominable place.
05:10This is due to people like Peter Scully who use it to earn money for the most wretched schemes imaginable.
05:14The perpetrator of these horrendous acts is the most depraved individual I've ever come across.
05:23The Australian's first controversy was running a real estate fraud scheme, but he earned a spot on our list for selling the most despicable videos of children on the dark web.
05:31You know, this was a wealthy white man preying on very underprivileged people, very poor people.
05:37For his crimes, he faced 75 charges, and they even considered reintroducing the death penalty in the Philippines solely for Scully.
05:44Now he's rotting in jail, but he and his sister claim his conditions are terrible.
05:48It's hard to feel sorry for the guy, though, after the extreme suffering he's caused.
05:52I think we are finished.
05:53I think we are.
05:54All right, okay.
05:55Benjamin Netanyahu.
05:57Our next entry is one of the most powerful work criminals alive right now.
06:00He's Israel's longest serving prime minister, who is currently committing genocide in Palestine.
06:05Before dinner, the leaders appeared to be upbeat about achieving a ceasefire in Gaza
06:09and securing the release of those still being held captive there.
06:13But they also implied they see the possible relocation of Palestinians to other countries as part of this process.
06:21While Netanyahu will deny it, numerous experts and studies confirm that's what's happening.
06:25This has made him a war criminal in the eyes of the ICC, which has issued an arrest warrant for him.
06:30The International Criminal Court's decision to issue arrest warrants for war crimes against Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu
06:37and former Defense Minister Yav Galant has triggered a furious response across the political spectrum here
06:44with the prime minister calling them anti-Semitic.
06:47Alongside him are other criminals such as Bezalel Smotrich,
06:51who illegally lives in the West Bank and frequently makes highly offensive remarks.
06:55Other controversies of Netanyahu's regime include a 12-day war with Iran and an invasion of Syria.
07:00It took only days for Netanyahu to seize the vacuum after the fall of the regime of Syria's Bashar al-Assad.
07:05He used that opportunity to attack Syria.
07:08Joseph Kony.
07:09Uganda may never forget the actions of the brutal warlord Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army.
07:14He preaches that he's on a mission from the Holy Spirit to overthrow the Ugandan government
07:19and set up a messianic Christian state with him as leader.
07:23While his influence has diminished severely over the years, he still hasn't faced justice for his crimes.
07:27He's arguably Africa's most infamous warlord, who despicably uses child soldiers to fight his battles.
07:33At least 66,000 children became victims of his outrageous organization.
07:38He eventually became famous in 2012 after a group called Invisible Children tried to get him arrested.
07:43It simplifies a war that is so complex and gives this picture that, you know,
07:48only a certain person, if a college student in America gives them money, they will stop Kony.
07:54So I'm wondering, where is the link between them getting money and stopping Joseph Kony?
08:00This failed and became known as a form of slacktivism.
08:03Now he has roughly 100 soldiers under his command and is supposedly hiding in Darfur, Sudan.
08:08For many victims' families feel he is still a threat.
08:11The government should have to look for coins so that coins should not come back again.
08:15If the government is not looking after coins, coins may even come back.
08:19Vladimir Putin.
08:21Despite the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia is still ruled by a dictator in all but name.
08:25A man who will go on to transform the course of the 21st century.
08:29Putin has been pulling strings in the nation for over two decades.
08:32He rose to prominence as a KGB agent in the USSR, then moved into politics after its dissolution.
08:38Now he rules with an iron fist utilizing extreme propaganda to get what he wants.
08:42This includes Ukraine, which he's been trying to invade since 2022.
08:45It was a day of infamy for the Russian government and terror for millions of Ukrainians.
08:52Vladimir Putin wrote himself into the history books in all the wrong ways as he invaded a democratic,
08:59sovereign neighbor in a war of imperial conquest with chilling echoes of the 1930s.
09:06This has, of course, sparked international outrage and cause for Putin's arrest.
09:10Peace is something Putin won't accept unless he gets an overwhelming amount of land from Ukraine.
09:14Furthering global hatred for his authoritarian ways.
09:16A quarter century in the Kremlin has changed Putin.
09:20But, as he himself said in this interview back in 2015,
09:24he has always been shaped by, and perhaps defined by, his extraordinary past.
09:30Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few dishonorable mentions.
09:34Bashar al-Assad.
09:35The only good thing about this dictator is that he's finally been ousted.
09:38Bashar al-Assad appears to have carefully planned his subterfuge.
09:42Kamal Sarkar was told to organize a camera crew to film a speech that the former dictator never intended on delivering.
09:51Richard Sackler.
09:52This pharmaceutical salesman is central to instigating America's opioid crisis.
09:56One lawsuit already settled for $24 million is now yielding new information to the public about the involvement of Richard Sackler.
10:03David Miscavige.
10:04Scientology's current leader has done immense damage to countless people.
10:08Whatever you have heard, if you haven't heard it from us, I can assure you, we are not what you expect.
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10:30Kim Jong-un.
10:33A strong case can be made for North Korea being the world's worst country in which to be born.
10:38It's been ruled by Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un since 2011.
10:41At the young age of 28, Kim Jong-un became the next leader of North Korea after his father died.
10:49Kim's a disgusting person, to put it mildly.
10:51To maintain power, he holds public executions, maintains labor camps, and frequently starves his population.
10:57It's virtually impossible to leave North Korea, and if you try, there's a high chance you won't survive the attempt.
11:02Nothing that's coming out of North Korea is sort of haphazard.
11:06They have thought this through.
11:07Kim's regime is so brutal, they've executed teenagers for watching South Korean dramas.
11:12He's even been sending Korean soldiers to Ukraine to help fight Putin's outrageous war of aggression.
11:17He's leader of a pariah state that we know.
11:19He wants nuclear weapons, and we know that he sent 15,000 troops to help Putin invade Ukraine.
11:24Are there any particularly nefarious humans we failed to mention?
11:27Let us know in the comments below.
11:29Inside the church, information is kept limited.
11:32They're taught not to trust the government or believe the news.
11:35So the faithful are in fierce denial about Warren Jeffs.
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