The Latest Breaking News from Kidnapping

Princeton doctoral student kidnapped in Iraq by Iran-backed militia

Ms. Tsurkov’s colleagues at New Line Magazine wrote they hadn’t heard from her since 19 March

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023

Memphis prosecutors seek death penalty against man charged with kidnapping and killing teacher

Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a man charged with kidnapping a Memphis, Tennessee, school teacher during an early-morning run and killing her

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2023

Russia's kidnapping of Ukrainian children is not unique – Putin and others have long used children as political pawns

Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian soldiers have forcibly taken an estimated 16,000 Ukrainian children to Russia. Over 300 children have since returned home, but it is not clear what happened to most of the rest.

The Conversation · Jul 6, 2023

A Mum Blogger Has Been Sentenced To Jail For Falsely Accusing A Couple Of Attempted Kidnapping

The influencer was accused of racially targeting the Latino family.

Pedestrian.tv · Jul 4, 2023

Engineer fakes his own kidnapping to extort money from parents after cryptocurrency loss in Lucknow

LUCKNOW: A 35-year-old engineer named Naman Kumar allegedly staged his own kidnapping to extort money from his family after he lost money in cryptocurrency. The man, who works for an IT company, allegedly posed as the "kidnapper" and called his parents through different voice modulation apps to threaten them.

The Times of India · Jul 3, 2023

After losing money in cryptocurrency, 35-year-old engineer hatches his own kidnapping to extort money from parents in Lucknow

LUCKNOW: A 35-year-old engineer named Naman Kumar allegedly staged his own kidnapping to extort money from his family after he lost money in cryptocurrency. The man, who works for an IT company, allegedly posed as the "kidnapper" and called his parents through different voice modulation apps to threaten them.

The Times of India · Jul 3, 2023

Momfluencer Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail Over False Kidnapping Report

"Nobody is abducting 1- and 4-year-old kids into sex trafficking," says the director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center.

Reason · Jul 3, 2023

Girl, 2, missing; kidnapping suspect, 26, arrested in Michigan

A 2-year-old girl Lansing police said was kidnapped by a 26-year-old man is still missing, but the suspect is in custody.

Tribune News Service · Jul 3, 2023

Amber Alert issued for missing two-year-old Wynter Smith as suspect arrested

Rashad Maleek Trice has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping the missing toddler

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2023

Centre for prosecuting crimes of aggression opens in The Hague

Centre to investigate ‘unspeakable horrors’ such as sexual violence, child kidnapping and civilian displacement

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2023