9. Mirjana Markovic
Said to be the driving force in her marriage to Slobodan Milosevic – aka the “Butcher of the Balkans” – who died of a heart attack in 2006 while facing war crimes charges.
After her husband's arrest, the sociology professor, 69, fled to Russia, but Serbian officials issued a warrant for her arrest for ordering the murder of a journalist.
Now in exile in France, she is also accused of making millions through cigarette smuggling.
She had a taste for caviar and would fly her own plastic surgeon in from Italy.
