A few infamous cases have been used by opposition groups, such as Amnesty International, to further their case against the policy.

By his death some 300 cases had been filed against him and proceedings were going ahead in three especially infamous cases.

The chief had been involved in perhaps two of the most infamous cases in the country.

As the years passed, the connection to such an infamous criminal case faded from memory.

A New York Times reporter's investigation of the infamous heroin-smuggling case.

You decide: Are these 10 infamous cases of bad luck coincidences or curses?

In its 100-year history, the agency has been at the heart of several infamous cases - some successful, some controversial.

In one infamous case a 23-year-old man tumbled 18 stories to his death during an apartment raid.

Another group stands similarly accused, and there have been several infamous individual cases.

The most infamous case in recent years was the Fine Cotton ring-in.