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Three Sydney kidnappings linked: police

A 22-year-old man has been arrested, accused of being involved in three separate kidnappings across Sydney.

AAP · Jun 15, 2022

Anantapur police rescue kidnapped boy in 5 hours in Andhra Pradesh

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The Hindu · Jun 11, 2022

US focuses on UN presence in Haiti as it seeks to help troubled country

LOS ANGELES — As Haiti grapples with an unprecedented wave of kidnappings and killings by armed gangs, a top State Department diplomat for Latin America and the Caribbean said Friday the U.S. is actively engaged in discussions about Haiti’s mounting security challenges and what the presence of a United Nations…

Miami Herald · Jun 11, 2022

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Rights Groups Ask British Govt to Stop Deportation of Iranian Dissident To Rwanda

Human rights activists called Wednesday on the British Home Secretary to halt next week’s planned deportation to Rwanda of an Iranian former police commander, saying they fear for his life following his testimony to the International People’s Tribunal on Iran’s atrocities during the November 2019 protests. Justice for Iran, an…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 9, 2022

11-year-old boy abducted for Rs 50 lakh rescued within 9 hours

BENGALURU: An 11-year-old boy was reunited with his parents nine hours after he was allegedly kidnapped by a woman and held captive at a farmhouse near Jigani on the outskirts of the city.

The Times of India · Jun 9, 2022

Training local leaders in mediation can reduce violence: positive results in Nigeria

Violence and insecurity are plaguing the northern parts of Nigeria. Banditry, kidnapping and other forms of indiscriminate violence have risen sharply during the pandemic.

The Conversation · Jun 8, 2022

Punjab: 3 held for Upkar Nagar carjacking, kidnapping

LUDHIANA: The police have arrested three accused in the April 12 Upkar Nagar carjacking and kidnapping case. The accused had kidnapped a woman and her father-in-law after robbing their car. They pushed the elderly man out of the car and hours later the woman after snatching her gold and diamond…

The Times of India · Jun 4, 2022

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Chennai: Man hires goons to kidnap nephew, 5 held

CHENNAI: A businessman on Thursday tried to get his 20-year-old nephew kidnapped to question him in connection with Rs20 lakh missing from his Peravallur home but the attempt failed when a few policemen near the Ambattur industrial estate heard the cries of the youth sandwiched between two men on a…

The Times of India · Jun 3, 2022

There were 200 kidnappings in Haiti in May, UN agency says

Exactly one year after warring gangs shut down transportation links to the southern regions of Haiti, armed groups continue to restrict access to vulnerable communities in Port-au-Prince, forcing thousands of others from their homes on the eastern outskirts of the capital and creating travel problems in the north of the…

Miami Herald · Jun 3, 2022

‘They are trying to destroy Ukraine’s identity’: Putin’s Russification gathers pace 100 days into the war

Forced to flee to Russia, told to apply for Russian passports, curriculums changed and currency replaced. Moscow is not just seizing Ukrainian land but also ‘forcing Russia’ on the country, reports Bel Trew

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2022

Man admits kidnapping kids for $1m ransom

Ji Jiang, who kidnapped two Melbourne children last year and demanded a $1 million ransom, will stand trial over allegations he assaulted their mother.

AAP · Jun 3, 2022

Anti-Vax Child Kidnap Alert: Interpol Hunt Couple Who Snatched Girls To Dodge COVID Vaccination

A German anti-vax couple said to have kidnapped their daughters to avoid COVID jabs are being hunted by Interpol in Paraguay.

Zenger · Jun 3, 2022

Russian forces at Chernobyl killed 9, kidnapped 5 and ransacked power plant

Russian soldiers at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant at Pripyat also demolished almost every piece of firefighting equipment at the site and destroyed 698 invaluable computers

Daily Mirror · Jun 3, 2022

Man denies kidnapping charge in alleged murder-for-hire plot

A Colorado man has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping a man later found shot to death in a Vermont snowbank in 2018 in what prosecutors allege was a murder-for-hire scheme

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022

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The Conversation · Jun 2, 2022

Nigerian property crime could be reduced if neighbourhoods were better designed

Nigeria has a very high crime rate. The Global Peace Index ranked it the world’s 17th least peaceful state. Discussion of crime in Nigeria tends to focus on insurgency, terrorism and kidnapping, but other types of crime are thriving too.

Reuters · Jun 2, 2022

Alleged spy extradited to Germany over 2017 Cold War-style abduction

A man suspected of involvement in the high-profile kidnapping of a Vietnamese businessman in Berlin in 2017 has been extradited to Germany from the Czech Republic, the German federal prosecutor's office said on Thursday.

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022

Feds say oil deal woes led to murder of Vermont man

Federal prosecutors say a conspiracy that resulted in the murder of a Vermont man grew out of a financial dispute between the victim and one of the men now charged with arranging to have him killed

Daily Mirror · Jun 1, 2022

Anti-vax mum and dad kidnap daughters and flee to South America to avoid Covid jabs

Andreas Rainer Egler and Anna Maria Egler kidnapped their two daughters, aged 10 and 11, and fled to Paraguay to join up with settlements there to avoid the girls having the jab

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The Times of India · May 31, 2022

Kolkata: Extortionists target Beliaghata trader, 2 arrested

KOLKATA: Anirban Saha, a 44-year-old trader who lives and runs his shop on Beliaghata Main Road, was kidnapped from his shop and repeatedly assaulted on Monday afternoon before being finally dumped in front of a local nursing home.

Manchester Evening News · May 31, 2022

Russian MP suggests kidnapping Nato defence minister following major loss

It comes after Ukraine claimed Russia lost 30,000 troops as well as 40 colonels and 10 generals

Reuters · May 31, 2022

Russian lawmaker suggests kidnapping NATO defence minister in Ukraine

A senior Russian lawmaker has suggested kidnapping a NATO defence minister in Ukraine and bringing them to Moscow for questioning about what "orders" the West has been giving to Kyiv.

The Times of India · May 31, 2022

'I was released after paying Rs 14 lakh ransom'

JAMSHEDPUR: A restaurant owner of Telco area lodged a police case on Monday claiming that he was kidnapped by unidentified criminals on Friday and set free the next day after he paid Rs 14 lakh ransom.

France 24 · May 30, 2022

Israel seeks to strengthen ties with Africa

Gunmen in Nigeria have kidnapped the prelate of the Methodist Church in the country. It's the latest in a spate of kidnappings of religious figures. Also, Israel is seeking closer and warmer relations with Africa. The Israeli embassy in Paris is organising a large conference on Israel-Africa relations on Tuesday.…

The Hindu · May 30, 2022

Man kidnapped, returns next day

Police drop investigation in the absence of formal complaint

Reason · May 29, 2022

Appellate Court Upholds Trial Court's Rejection of "[Independent] Custody Investigator" Opinion

Among other things, the investigator "appeared to accept Father’s explanation that his 2003 kidnapping conviction based on allegations of domestic violence in a previous relationship was a misunderstanding, not the result of criminal conduct," "[finding] 'credible' Father’s explanation that he 'was unfairly incarcerated based on the lies of the victim…

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