The Latest Breaking News from Kidnapping

Last November, the leader of an international ring of yoga schools was arrested on charges of human trafficking, organised kidnapping and rape. Crikey speaks to a survivor of the alleged cult about its tactics.

A judge has denied a petition for a new trial in the kidnapping and killing of a Tennessee nursing student, knocking down an attempt by a key witness to recant his testimony that helped lead to a man’s conviction in 2017

Right-wing party leader is charged with kidnapping over refusal to allow migrant rescue boat to dock in 2019

Communal conflict is endemic in the vast arid region on both sides of the Kenya-Ethiopia border. Fresh alarm has been sparked in both countries following a kidnapping and armed attacks on police and civilians in Kenya’s Marsabit county, in the extreme north of the country. Oscar Mwangi Gakuo, who has…

Four men have pleaded not guilty, while a fifth one remains on the run

In Attacked in the Woods, the alleged kidnapping of a man ended up being a way more complicated and chilling crime than detectives realized

Ashlyn Watkins ‘grabbed the victim’s head and forced her to walk down the hall, thus controlling her movement while preventing her from leaving,’ the warrant alleges

Watkins was charged with assault and battery in the first degree and kidnapping.

Prosecutors said the man forced a woman at gunpoint to drive him from Bloomberg’s ranch to a motel in Wyoming