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US charges Haitian man for role in missionary kidnappings

US Justice Department says Jean Pelice, alleged member of Haiti’s 400 Mawozo gang, was involved in October abductions.

Al Jazeera

Taiwan kidnapping charges over botched marriage proposal dropped

Prosecutors decide woman bundled into suitcase and driven off in car boot was surprise gone wrong

The Guardian - UK

Fourth person arrested in connection with suspected kidnapping after man fell from van in Wallsend

A probe into the incident is ongoing after a man fell from a moving white Vito Mercedes van which was travelling on the Coast Road in Wallsend.

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Raised by, abused by and then married to her kidnapper: The horrifying true story behind Netflix's Girl in the Picture

‘Girl in the Picture’, a new Netflix documentary, untangles the story of Suzanne Sevakis, a kidnapping victim, mother, and brilliant student known under aliases to those who loved her. Clémence Michallon reports

The Independent UK

Delhi: Four held for killing minor over personal enmity

NEW DELHI: Four men were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing a minor in central Delhi's Patel Nagar area over personal enmity, police said on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Arif (19), Sohel (23), Shivam (22) and Saurav (22), all residents of Baljeet Nagar, they said.

The Times of India

New trial ordered for two alleged ringleaders in Michigan governor kidnapping plot

They allegedly wanted to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer from vacation home and hold ‘treason trial’

The Independent UK

Judge orders new trial for two accused Whitmer kidnapping plotters

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A federal judge on Thursday ordered two men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to stand for a retrial, nearly three months after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict on their guilt.

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Cartel suspect wanted over kidnapping and burning man alive in gangland slaying

Tomasz Samel banged on a front door begging for help before dying in hospital

Liverpool Echo

1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest

A team searching a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping

The Independent UK

Killings, kidnappings, stripping girls naked part of Cameroon separatist abuses, HRW says

Killing and attacking civilians, attacking education facilities, kidnapping workers, stripping schoolgirls naked and beating them are just a few of the abuses Cameroonian separatists have carried out on the civilian population in the Anglophone regions, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.

Radio France Internationale

Kidnapped Bharatpur girl rescued from Hyderabad, accused arrested

JAIPUR: A team of Sikari police of Bharatpur late on Saturday evening recovered a 17-year-old girl from Hyderabad who went missing from her house in Bharatpur on June 2. Police have also arrested a 24-year-old man for kidnapping and raping the girl.

The Times of India

Ahmedabad: Satellite bizman files complaint over kidnapping by associate

AHMEDABAD: A Satellite resident has registered a complaint of kidnapping and extortion against five men, including his associate, who he says abducted him from Bodakdev and demanded Rs 25 lakh.

The Times of India

TV Newsance 176: The data on job debates Studio Veers don't want you to see

The political twists and turns in Maharashtra dominated the news this week. Republic reporters chased after news, literally, while big boss Arnab Goswami had some advice on Hindutva for Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray. As allegations of horse-trading, ED raids and even kidnapping flew thick and fast, anchors at Aaj…

Newslaundry

Left, SP ask BJP to stop ‘kidnapping’ democracy

India is paying a high price for this BJP model of democracy, says Yechury

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Newcastle Herald

Barnsley man charged after kidnapping, assault on Central Coast

He was taken to Toronto police station and charged with kidnap in company with intent serious indictable offence occasion actual bodily harm and robbery armed with offensive weapon.

The Independent UK

Former Colombian rebel leaders recognize role in kidnappings

A group of former leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, say the guerrilla organization was responsible for war crimes, including the kidnapping of thousands of civilians for ransom and also holding politicians as hostages for several years in the hopes of exchanging them for imprisoned rebels

The Independent UK

Kidnapping victim held at gunpoint drives erratically to alert police

‘Brazen kidnapping’ foiled after victim used hand signals to indicate to deputy he was in danger

Reuters

Exclusive-Three migrants were kidnapped in Mexico. The U.S. had vowed to protect them

Three asylum seekers were kidnapped in April while in a U.S. migration program that had placed them in the care of Mexican officials in the city of Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Texas, one of the victims and the U.N. migration agency said.

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The Times of India

Uttrakhand: Man gets 14-yr RI for abduction, rape and forced marriage

RAMGARH: A district court in Ramgarh awarded 14 years of rigorous imprisonment to one Akil Ansari (28) on Saturday under Section 376 of the IPC for kidnapping a woman, raping her several times and marrying her against her will in September 2020. The court also slapped a fine of Rs…

The Times of India

19-year-old held for kidnapping teen in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: Sola police on Friday arrested a 19-year-old man from Kalol for allegedly stalking, kidnapping and hurting a 16-year-old girl who lives in Kalol and studies in the Sola area of the city, on Thursday afternoon.

The Conversation

Who's at risk of being kidnapped in Nigeria?

Nigeria ranks among the kidnapping hotspots of the world.

AAP

Three Sydney kidnappings linked: police

A 22-year-old man has been arrested, accused of being involved in three separate kidnappings across Sydney.

Miami Herald

US focuses on UN presence in Haiti as it seeks to help troubled country

LOS ANGELES — As Haiti grapples with an unprecedented wave of kidnappings and killings by armed gangs, a top State Department diplomat for Latin America and the Caribbean said Friday the U.S. is actively engaged in discussions about Haiti’s mounting security challenges and what the presence of a United Nations…

The Conversation

Training local leaders in mediation can reduce violence: positive results in Nigeria

Violence and insecurity are plaguing the northern parts of Nigeria. Banditry, kidnapping and other forms of indiscriminate violence have risen sharply during the pandemic.

The Times of India

Punjab: 3 held for Upkar Nagar carjacking, kidnapping

LUDHIANA: The police have arrested three accused in the April 12 Upkar Nagar carjacking and kidnapping case. The accused had kidnapped a woman and her father-in-law after robbing their car. They pushed the elderly man out of the car and hours later the woman after snatching her gold and diamond…

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