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Sector analysis: Kidnap and ransom

10 September 2010

Held to ransom

Kidnapping continues to be big business at the moment. According to specialist agency Control Risks, it is estimated that over the course of the last six years the number of kidnaps across the globe has doubled - and it is easy to see why there has been such an escalation. Ransom demands can be huge, with more than 14 countries recording cases of $25mn or more in recent years. Projections by the UK's Foreign Policy Centre show...

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