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Wanted Nazi "Laszlo Csatary" found in Budapest

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A British newspaper says it's found a man thought to be Laszlo Csatary, a former commander in the Hungarian Police, who's accused of deporting thousands of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz. Csatary was one of the top names on the list of wanted living Nazis or Nazi collaborators at the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, which is dedicated to finding and bringing to justice those accused of participating in the Holocaust.

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