The Latest Breaking News from Kidnapping

Vigilantes bundled dad into the boot of an Audi before dumping his body on a country road

Christopher Hughes was viciously slaughtered by the gang

Guled Aidid is still wanted by Avon and Somerset Police after being sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail during a trial which was held in his absence

Hialeah, Florida, police officers Rafael Quinones Otano and Lorenzo Rafael Orfila have been fired and charged with armed kidnapping and battery. Orfila has also been charged with official misconduct. Prosecutors said that after a shopkeeper called police to complain about a homeless man bothering people, the two drove that vagrant…

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Senior Gardai have admitted that it is unlikely the case will ever be solved

Ms Fletcher was abducted and killed in September

The work of Homeland Security Investigations in Arizona, dubbed Operation Swipe Left, led to Norris “Nick” Stauffer. It also resulted in criminal charges against more than a dozen people elsewhere — including at least two with political ties — amid allegations of livestreamed abuse, kidnapping…

Insecurity is a huge issue in Nigeria, with a militant Islamist insurgency in the north east, banditry in the north west and a rise in kidnapping for cash countrywide.