kidnapping
Kidnapper Targeted Gay Men on Grindr to Kill and Dismember Them
He allegedly handcuffed his victim and strangled him with a belt until he passed out.
Wild Stories From When Milan Was Italy’s Capital of Crime
Jailbreaks, court shootouts and bribing a prime minister with a lion cub – it all happened in Milan in the 70s and 80s.
‘I Have to Save Lives’: Meet the Hostage Negotiator Who Deals With Boko Haram
Ummi Kalthum has negotiated the release of over 20 hostages, but now she could be facing criminal charges for her work.
How the Sovereign Citizen Movement Convinces Desperate Parents to Ignore Laws
Some sovereigns are tax protesters. Others peddle get-out-of-debt hacks. But a handful of new gurus are trying to expose Child Protective Services.
5 Teens Are Accused of Raping an 11-Year-Old and a 16-Year-Old Girl
“It’s the biggest case that anyone can remember,” the district attorney said.
The English City Where Drug Dealers Are Being Kidnapped and Tortured
Detectives and criminals say drug dealers in Manchester are routinely abducted and tortured for ransom.
A QAnon Gang Kidnapped an 8-Year-Old Girl and Planned More Abductions
QAnon survivalists in France posed as child welfare officials and abducted the child from her grandmother’s house.
This Mexican Beauty Queen Was Allegedly Moonlighting as a Kidnapper
Miss Oaxaca said in 2019 that she was “more than a pretty face.” Turns out she was right.
Vigilante Group that Removed Kids from ‘Sexually Abusive Parents’ to Stand Trial
The syndicate, run by an Australian doctor, is accused of abducting children from their custodial fathers and unlawfully returning them to their mothers.
Kidnapping by Government-Backed Gangs Is Surging in Haiti
Demanding a ransom can seem an easy money in a country where 60 percent of people live below the poverty line.
Child Kidnapping Is Posing a New Challenge to Afghanistan’s Beleaguered Police Force
In the latest case, captors of a nine-year-old child in Balkh province have demanded $1.7 million ransom for his release.
Nigerian School Kids Freed After Kidnap By ‘Tiny, Tiny Boys with Big Guns’
Hundreds of students returned home on Friday, a week after being abducted from their school by gunmen on motorbikes.