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'Virtual kidnapping' scams targeting Chinese international students on the rise in NSW, as police issue warning

Police know of four cases across NSW in the past month, with Chinese students as young as 17 targeted and ordered to pay sums of up to $280,000 or face being deported.

ABC News

Mexico arrests 2 more in March kidnap, killing of Americans

Prosecutors in Mexico say they have arrested two more men in the March 3 kidnapping of four Americans and the killing of two of them

The Independent UK

Wife of French serial killer faces trial as accomplice in murders and kidnappings

French prosecutors said Wednesday that they want to try the ex-wife of the "Ogre of the Ardennes" serial killer Michel Fourniret for complicity in three kidnappings and two murders.

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Kidnapping in Nigeria: criminalising ransom payment isn't working - families need support

Kidnapping for ransom has become a national security threat in Nigeria. How it’s done varies from targeted individuals, to indiscriminate kidnappings and mass kidnapping in schools and communities.

The Conversation

Miracle for woman who fell out of van head first at 60mph during kidnapping

Parents of 21-year-old say she is making progress in rehabilitation

The Independent UK

Terence Kelly lodges appeal over Cleo Smith kidnapping sentence

The man who snatched four-year-old Cleo Smith from her family's tent at a remote WA campsite and kept her captive for 18 days lodges an appeal against his sentence.

ABC News

Woman accused of faking her own kidnapping to cover up for not graduating college

Chloe Stein, 23, has been charged with false alarm to a public safety agency, falsely reporting an offence, obstruction of law, and disorderly conduct

The Independent UK

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Influencer found guilty for lying about her children’s kidnapping

Katie Sorensen faces up to one year in prison after being convicted by California jury

The Independent UK

Mukhtar Ansari gets 10 years jail term in kidnapping, murder case

An MP MLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur on April 29 convicted jailed mafia Mukhtar Ansari in a kidnapping and murder case pertaining to the killing of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment.

The Hindu

Mukhtar Ansari convicted in kidnapping, murder case, sentenced to 10 years imprisonment

An MP MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur on Saturday convicted jailed mafia Mukhtar Ansari in a kidnapping and murder case pertaining to the killing of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Three men charged over alleged kidnapping of 68-year-old Chinese man in Perth

Police say the man arrived in Perth to talk about a proposed business deal, but he was allegedly held against his will and eventually found with "various injuries".

ABC News

Philippines: After decades of terror, peace returns to island of Jolo

For a long time, the island of Jolo, one of the southernmost points of the Philippines archipelago, was off limits. It was the stronghold of one of the most violent terrorist movements in the world, Abu Sayyaf. In 2000, a group of 20 tourists were kidnapped in Malaysia and taken…

France 24

Emmett Till accuser dies; Carolyn Bryant Donham was 88

The Mississippi lynching of 14-year-old Till became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement when his mother insisted on an open-casket funeral in their hometown of Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mexico army ignored cartel warnings before mass student kidnapping, emails show

Emails show that months before 43 Ayotzinapa students disappeared, army was warned of criminal gang presence

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Irish Mirror

UK police trying to track down four men with Irish accents after alleged kidnapping

The four men allegedly forced a teenage boy into their car

The Independent UK

Search for Brooklyn kidnapping suspect and victim is called off as police discover couple knew each other

An investigation by the New York City Police Department determined the woman was not hurt or injured

Tom’s Guide

AI chatbots aren't the problem — we are

Between fake kidnappings using voice cloning and fake interviews with celebrities, we are learning terrifying things about what AI can do in the wrong hands.

Bangkok Post

Vietnam accused of abducting blogger from Thailand

Human Rights Watch on Friday accused Vietnam of kidnapping a blogger critical of the communist government who was living as a refugee in Thailand.

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6th Cir. Reverses Conviction for Attempted Kidnapping

Prof. Jonathan Witmer-Rich (Cleveland State) posted this to a discussion list that I'm on, and graciously allowed me to forward it; it's about today's U.S. v. Ferguson (6th Cir.): Great case from the Sixth Circuit today on attempt, reversing a conviction for attempted kidnapping. The majority (2-1) holds that there…

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Mumbai: Complaint against Honey Singh for kidnapping, assaulting event organiser

A police complaint has been lodged against Bollywood singer and rapper Honey Singh for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting an event organiser in Maharashtra's Mumbai. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Connecticut man sentenced to 55 years in manhunt killing

A 26-year old man who used a sword to attack two men in Eastern Connecticut before going on a crime spree that included killing a former classmate and kidnapping a woman before during a multistate manhunt was sentenced Wednesday to 55 years in prison

AAP

Man admits to kidnapping two children for $1m ransom

A man has admitted he bound and gagged a woman before kidnapping her two children for 12 hours and demanding a $1 million ransom for their return.

The Independent UK

Vermont man convicted by jury of kidnapping woman and son

A 45-year-old Vermont man has been convicted of kidnapping a woman and her 4-year-old son in early 2019

The Independent UK

Sheriff: Arrest warrant moot for kidnapping of Emmett Till

A Mississippi sheriff says in a new court filing that there’s no point in serving an arrest warrant on a white woman in the 1955 kidnapping that led to the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till

Pedestrian.tv

A Sydney Man Staged A Kidnapping To Propose To His Girlfriend And It’s A No From Me, Dawg

“She’s not crying cos he proposing… She crying cause her life flashed before her eyes."

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