The Latest Breaking News from Kidnapping

Haiti rights group records three-fold rise in kidnappings for early 2023

At least 389 kidnappings were registered in Haiti in the first three months of this year, rights group CARDH said on Tuesday, marking a three-fold increase from the last quarter of 2022 as gangs look to recoup losses from international sanctions.

Reuters · Apr 5, 2023

Terence Kelly sentenced over abduction of Cleo Smith near Carnarvon in WA's outback

Terence Kelly is sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison for kidnapping four-year-old Cleo Smith near Carnarvon in Western Australia's outback and holding her captive for 18 days.

ABC News · Apr 5, 2023

Gunmen in Nigeria seize eight students in latest kidnapping

Gunmen in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state kidnapped eight secondary school students coming from school along with an unknown number of others, authorities said on Tuesday, the latest in a wave of such abductions.

Reuters · Apr 4, 2023

Murder of 12-year-old: SC notice to Delhi govt on father's plea seeking CBI probe

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Delhi government on a plea seeking a CBI investigation into a kidnapping and murder of a 12-year-old boy in 2014.

The Times of India · Mar 30, 2023

Gangster-turned politician Atiq Ahmad being taken back to Sabramati Jail amid tight security

Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Umesh Pal kidnapping case, is being taken back to Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Mar 29, 2023

"I'll be killed in two weeks...": Atiq Ahmed's brother, says "CM understands my pain"

Uttar Pradesh's mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s brother Ashraf Ahmed, one of the seven persons who have been acquitted in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case, on Tuesday claimed that an officer revealed that he will be killed in two weeks. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Mar 29, 2023

Man charged with kidnap and murder of 53-year-old in Leicester

A 37-year-old man remains in police custody

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2023

Atiq Ahmed's hearing in Prayagraj court today; Slain Umesh Pal's kin seek death penalty, say "want his empire of terror to end"

Family of Umesh Pal, the lawyer who was abducted and killed, on Tuesday said that they want the mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, a prime accused in the case to be given the death sentence stating that they want his "empire of terror to end". Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Mar 28, 2023

Iraq: the cultural resilience of a war-ravaged country

It is 20 years since the US-led invasion of Iraq, and the Foreign Office still advises against travel there, owing to risks including kidnapping. But although the country is “by no means stable”, it is “just about functioning as a rare Arab democracy”, says Sophy Roberts in the FT –…

The Week · Mar 27, 2023

Is Mexico safe for travelers? Weighing fear and reality

When the U.S. Department of State released a spring break travel advisory on March 13 warning travelers to take extra caution when visiting Mexico, the message rippled far, wide and fast. Broadcast news disseminated scary stories of illegal drugs and gang crime as reasons to reconsider vacation plans — most…

Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2023