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The Latest Breaking News from Kidnapping

Colin Armstrong: Kidnapped British businessman rescued by police after being snatched by gang

Colin Armstrong, 78, was dragged from his home and taken captive

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2023

Foiled kidnapping plot in Sydney leads to unearthing of $1bn worth of cocaine

Latest seizure of cocaine one of single biggest haul for NSW police force

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2023

Daughter of kidnapped British businessman in Ecuador pleads ‘we just want my father back’

Colin Armstrong OBE’s daughter warns it is a ‘critical time’ in effort to save her father

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2023

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Marayna Rodgers vanished in Las Vegas. Now an ex-NBA player and his ex-girlfriend face murder charges

Chance Comanche and ex-girlfriend Sakari Harnden planned kidnapping and murder, police say. Bevan Hurley explains the case

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2023

Two Brothers Kidnapped; Family Pleads for Safe Return

Shira Matalon shares her heart-wrenching story of her uncles' abduction and her campaign to support their release, amidst a tragic family loss.

South African held for 6 years in Mali released

A South African paramedic who had been held by jihadists in Mali for over six years has been released, security and humanitarian sources told French news agency AFP on Sunday. Gerco van Deventer was kidnapped in Libya on 3 November, 2017, on his way to a power plant construction site…

Radio France Internationale · Dec 18, 2023

British businessman kidnapped by gunmen in Ecuador

Colin Armstrong, 78, was snatched from his ranch in Ecuador’s Los Rios province in the early hours of Saturday morning

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2023

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Ecuador: British businessman and former consul Colin Armstrong kidnapped from home

The 78-year-old was driven away in his own BMW alongside his Colombian partner, according to a police report

The Guardian - AU · Dec 17, 2023

Alex Batty fled across Pyrenees after mother planned Finland move, French police say

British teen allegedly kidnapped in 2017 told passing driver ‘I need a future’ after he was found in remote corner of France

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2023

The accounts of freed Israeli hostages add pressure to save those still in captivity

In the two weeks since a ceasefire allowed for the release of more than 100 Israeli hostages held by Hamas, their stories have rocked Israel. About 115 hostages are thought to remain in Gaza.

WEKU · Dec 15, 2023

Alex Batty now centre of investigation as police interview boy who went missing in Spain - live

Officers have officially launched a criminal investigation into the alleged abduction of the teenager who went missing six years ago while on holiday in Spain

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2023

Israeli army recovers body of French-Israeli hostage in Gaza

The Israeli army said Friday it had recovered and returned to Israel the body of French-Israeli hostage Elya Toledano, who was kidnapped and taken to Gaza by militants during Hamas's 7 October attacks.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 15, 2023

Missing Oldham teen Alex Batty told French driver who found him ‘my mother kidnapped me’

Lorry driver discovered missing British boy Alex Batty walking in the mountains in France and offered to give him a lift

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023

Campus Alert: Police Hunt Woman's Attempted Kidnapper at Arizona Uni

Heightened safety measures are in place at the University of Arizona amid reports of attempted kidnapping and harassment linked to a singular car presence.

Victims heard on man accused of murder and kidnappings

Victim impact statements have been heard before Christopher Hillman is sentenced for a shooting murder and kidnapping two people while he was on the run.

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023

Colombia investigates the killing of a Hmong American comedian and activist in Medellin

Colombian authorities are investigating the alleged kidnapping and murder of a Hmong American comedian and activist who was found dead in the northern city Medellín

Reason · Dec 13, 2023

Ohio Vice Cop Who Got Away With Killing Sex Worker Pleads Guilty in Kidnapping Case

Andrew Mitchell, who was acquitted on state murder charges in April, plead guilty this month to abducting and detaining two sex worker victims.

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023

A New York woman says her Uber driver kidnapped and raped her

The 25-year-old plaintiff said she wants to raise awareness about the company’s practices

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Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2023

Thugs who kidnapped and killed popular radio DJ in bar near Tottenham Hotspur Stadium jailed

Mehmet Koray Alpergin’s son suffers from 'visions' of the violence his father suffered before his death, a court heard

The Times of India · Dec 12, 2023

Gang of eight, including travel agents, arrested for kidnapping and robbing brothers from Punjab in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Mumbai Police recently arrested eight members of a gang, including three travel agents, for kidnapping and robbing two brothers from Punjab of their gold chains, foreign currencies, and their clothes worth Rs11.29 lakhs.

The Conversation · Dec 12, 2023

Child abductions can be hard to identify, and people may not know they are witnessing a serious crime

On a summer’s day in January 1970, three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer was kidnapped from Fairy Meadow Beach in Wollongong, New South Wales. This is the last time Cheryl was seen. Cheryl remains missing, 53 years later. She is one of the 2,500 people considered to be a long-term missing person in…

The Times of India · Dec 11, 2023

Student urination case: 'Abduction to murder' charge added, 1 re-arrested

MEERUT: Police added IPC section 364 -- kidnapping or abducting in order to murder -- and sections of Arms Act in the FIR against the three culprits who had allegedly humiliated and urinated upon a 20-year-old student from Meerut, nearly a month ago.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 9, 2023

Killer of 3-year-old Riley Fox dies in prison

Scott Eby was sentenced to life in prison after admitting to kidnapping Riley from her unlocked Wilmington home, stuffing her in the trunk of his car, sexually assaulting and drowning her in a creek

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2023

Israel wants to slay the monster next door, but with this lethal bombardment, it is feeding it

You can sympathise with the country’s desire to crush Hamas, and yet fear it is taking the wrong path in Gaza, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Dynamite News · Dec 7, 2023

Proceedings under offence of kidnapping, trafficking of children can't be quashed on settlement basis: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court, in an order, stated that the practice of compromising cases that involve the kidnapping of innocent children">minor children cannot be allowed and the criminal proceedings cannot be quashed based on such settlements. Read further on Dynamite News:

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