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Two among five arrested for abducting and robbing advocate

The Girinagar police on Wednesday cracked an abduction and extortion case. They arrested an autorickshaw driver and his associate for allegedly kidnapping a city-based advocate and robbing ₹20,000 from him on June 19.

The Hindu

Four arrested for kidnapping merchant navy professional in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Four men were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a person employed as a merchant navy professional and demanding Rs 12 lakh ransom from his family, police said in Delhi on Monday.

The Times of India

Uber passenger shot and killed driver because ‘she feared he was kidnapping her to Mexico’

Phoebe Copas allegedly ‘panicked’ and shot Daniel Piedra Garcia several times in the head after she saw a sign reading ‘Juarez, Mexico’

The Independent UK

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Italian stag party ‘kidnappers’ charged with causing public alarm

The groom, unaware of the joke, was bundled into a van by friends sporting balaclavas, pellet guns and helmets

The Guardian - UK

West Virginia state police face damning claims: ‘The more we dug, the worse it stunk’

An anonymous letter detailed abuses including hidden cameras, theft, kidnapping, druggings and rape – and their cover-up

The Guardian - US

Woman who 'shot Uber driver she mistook as kidnapper' charged with murder

Authorities say Phoebe Copas from Kentucky was taking an Uber when she saw a road sign in El Paso, Texas, reading 'Juarez, Mexico', a notorious cartel hotspot just across the border. Fearing her driver was kidnapping her she pulled out a gun and shot him in the head

Daily Mirror

Belgium struggles to combat booming drug trade in port city of Antwerp

A record 110 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the Belgian port of Antwerp in 2022. The city is now the main gateway into Europe for the drug, which largely comes from South America concealed in fruit shipments. Faced with this trafficking epidemic, Belgian authorities have recruited almost 100 extra…

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'Traumatised and confused': kidnapping accused fronts court after dramatic arrest

The man was crying in court and needed time to 'come to terms' with what was happening.

Newcastle Herald

Police register case in connection with alleged kidnapping of GP members

The Yadgir police have registered a case in connection with an alleged kidnapping of two women gram panchayat members of Naganur Gram Panchayat under Shahapur Assembly Constituency near the district administration premises on Friday.

The Hindu

3 arrested in crackdown on kidnapping-for-ransom gang

Three suspected members of a kidnapping gang were arrested in two Southern provinces and one in the Northeast in an operation performed by the Crime Suppression Division (CSD)'s special weapons and tactics unit on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Mounting tensions: On the threat to social harmony in Uttarakhand

The case of attempted kidnapping in Purola in Uttarakhand should be investigated quickly, and nobody should be allowed to make use of it to propagate communal politics

The Hindu

‘State-sanctioned kidnapping’: Texas sheriff aids probe into new DeSantis migrant flights

The Texas sheriff who last week recommended criminal charges for those behind Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ so-called migrant relocation program is collaborating with California authorities who announced a similar criminal investigation following recent flights that brought migrants from El Paso to Sacramento.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

AI clones child’s voice in kidnapping scam

AI deepfakes are being used to attempt to extort money out of people, including through kidnapping scams

Evening Standard

Why Muslims are fleeing a small town in India’s Uttarakhand state

Nearly a dozen families are forced to leave Purola after far-right Hindu groups threaten Muslims’ homes and businesses.

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2 men arrested for kidnapping Gurgaon property dealer

GURGAON: Gurgaon police arrested two men for allegedly kidnapping a property dealer for a ransom of Rs 6 lakh, officials said on Monday.

Daily Mirror

Killer handed death sentence without a jury decision in Arizona after double murder charge

Bryan Patrick Miller waived his right to a jury trial after he was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder, kidnapping and attempted assault for the murders of Angela Brosso and Melanie Bernas

Salon

Newsom: DeSantis "kidnapping" migrants

California Department of Justice investigating whether dozens of migrants were tricked into flying to Sacramento

The Independent UK

Florida officials share video boasting of role in California migrant flights amid calls to charge DeSantis

California Governor Gavin Newsom suggested bringing kidnapping charges against DeSantis

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Newcastle Herald

'You will die here tonight': Mount Hutton torture shed trial hears of kidnapping, assault

"I will put you in hydrochloric acid and you will die here tonight," Kyna McAuley allegedly told the victim.

Salon

Charges over DeSantis' migrant stunt

"State-sanctioned kidnapping is not a public policy choice, it is immoral and disgusting," Calif. AG Rob Bonta says

Axios

California's Newsom threatens Florida's DeSantis with kidnapping charges over migrant flights

"DeSantis you small, pathetic man," the California governor said as 2nd migrant flight in days arrived in Sacramento.

Al Jazeera

‘Pathetic man’: California gov slams DeSantis over migrant flight

Top California official suggests Florida governor guilty of kidnapping after asylum seekers flown to US state’s capital.

The Independent UK

California officials probe ‘state-sanctioned kidnapping’ of migrants flown in on private jet

The migrants reportedly were found with documentation claiming to be from the Florida state government

Al Jazeera

Saudi freed in Lebanon after kidnapping

Lebanese interior ministry says that nine people had been arrested in connection with Sunday’s kidnapping.

Reuters

Japan PM Kishida says willing to meet Kim Jong Un over kidnappings

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday he was willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try and resolve the issue of Japanese nationals abducted in the 1960s and 1970s, media reported.

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