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  • April 2008

    • Virtual Kidnap Latest Crime Wave in Mexico

      New York Times  |  Apr 29, 08 6:02 AM CDT

      Virtual Kidnap Latest Crime Wave in Mexico

      (Newser) - Mexican crooks are putting a new twist on an old crime with "virtual kidnapping," the New York Times reports. The criminals are cashing in on the widespread fear of kidnapping by calling families and pretending to have snatched a loved one—usually a child—for ransom. Many panicked parents pay up before they realize that their loved one is safe. More »

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      crime  • Mexico  • kidnapping  • organized crime  • ransom

    • Spain Speeds to Save Pirate Hostages

      BBC  |  Apr 21, 08 9:26 AM CDT

      Spain Speeds to Save Pirate Hostages

      (Newser) - A Spanish naval frigate is steaming to the waters off Somalia to rescue crew members of a tuna boat seized by pirates, reports the BBC. The boat was grabbed just days after French commandos freed hostages from a luxury yacht comandeered by Somali pirates. The tuna boat's 26 crew members are "well," the captain said by radio, but the pirates are demanding a ransom. More »

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      hostage  • Spain  • Somalia  • pirates  • ransom  • fishing boat

    • Ignore Pirates or Face Asylum Claims, UK Says

      Times (UK)  |  Apr 13, 08 10:37 AM CDT

      Ignore Pirates or Face Asylum Claims, UK Says

      (Newser) - In an odd new take on piracy, the British Royal Navy has been told by the Foreign Office not to detain pirates—or they may seek asylum to escape death sentences in their home countries. It's not a strategy roundly hailed. “These people commit horrendous offenses. It’s a pathetic indictment of what our legal system has come to," complained one politician. More »

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      crime  • kidnapping  • Somalia  • cruise ships  • pirates  • asylum  • Britian  • ransom  • cargo ships

  • February 2008

    • Taliban: Korea Paid $4M Ransom

      Newsweek  |  Feb 7, 08 9:40 AM CST

      Taliban: Korea Paid $4M Ransom

      (Newser) - The Taliban released 21 South Korean hostages five months ago only after Seoul paid at least $4 million in ransom, a senior insurgent commander now claims. Contrary to South Korea's official denial to Newsweek that money changed hands, the commander said freeing the missionaries without recompense "would not have been worth it."  More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • South Korea  • Korean hostages  • ransom  • missionaries  • Quetta

  • January 2008

    • Tenn. Man, 94, Kidnapped, Murdered, Mutilated

      Citizen Tribune  |  Jan 22, 08 1:18 PM CST

      Tenn. Man, 94, Kidnapped, Murdered, Mutilated

      (Newser) - A 94-year-old Tennessee man was found dead with his hand cut off after a relative ran afoul of drug dealers who kidnapped him in retaliation, the Citizen Tribune of Morristown reports. "No one deserved to die like he did," the sheriff said of Willie Morgan. "This poor man was supposed to die peacefully on a front porch swing, not like this." More »

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      murder  • kidnapping  • drugs  • Tennessee  • ransom

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