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The Story of Ronald Biggs
Ronald Biggs escaped from a maximum security prison in Britain. He went to Australia and then eventually moved on to Brazil, where he lived as an escapee for many years before being caught by the British authorities. The same cosmetic surgeon who re-did the faces of Nazis fleeing Europe at the end of World War II wanted to see Bigg's face.
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