Being stuck in a room with any one of these women would be enough to give you nightmares.
Almost all of the world’s most dangerous criminals tend to be men, but what about their female counterparts?
From mafia bosses, to spies, terrorist masterminds and drug cartel warriors – we count down some of the most dangerous women in the world. Sleep tight.
1. Anna Kuschenko
According to the CIA, Anna Kuschenko – who also went by Chapman – was just six months off becoming ‘the most dangerous spy in American history’.
Along with nine others, Kuschenko successfully attempted to infiltrate the upper echelons of American societal institutions, passing information on to Moscow. She married British psychiatrist, Alex Chapman, according to whom she was “conditioned” by shadowy contacts she met in London
While that alone may not be enough to scare you, Kuschenko is the daughter of a KGB official and is rumoured to have at one point been in a relationship with dictator Putin.