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Iraq investigates militia kidnapping of Israeli-Russian academic

The Israeli government has said Tsurkov is being held by the Shia militia Kataib Hezbollah.

Al Jazeera

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

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.

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Exclusive: Confidential UN document spells out thinking on foreign troops for Haiti

The international armed force the United Nations is seeking to help Haiti dismantle the threat to its stability and secure the country for elections could consist of a mix of military and police units, but must have the muscle, assets and intelligence capabilities necessary to fight heavily armed kidnapping gangs.

Miami Herald

Jury hears fear of orchestrated home invasion, kidnapping preceded murder

"They were worried about Carol being kidnapped. Both of them were worried."

Newcastle Herald

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

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.

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

The Times of India

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

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

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

‘Mom influencer’ sentenced to three months for false report on kidnapping

Sorensen will need to complete four hours of ‘implicit bias’ training as part of her sentence

The Independent UK

Tajik man who fatally shot 2 at Moldova airport is wanted in a kidnapping case in his native country

Authorities in Tajikistan say a Tajik man who fatally shot two security officers at Moldova’s main international airport is wanted in his native country in relation to the kidnapping of a local bank official

The Independent UK

Two among five arrested for abducting and robbing advocate

The Girinagar police on Wednesday cracked an abduction and extortion case. They arrested an autorickshaw driver and his associate for allegedly kidnapping a city-based advocate and robbing ₹20,000 from him on June 19.

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The Times of India

Four arrested for kidnapping merchant navy professional in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Four men were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a person employed as a merchant navy professional and demanding Rs 12 lakh ransom from his family, police said in Delhi on Monday.

The Independent UK

Uber passenger shot and killed driver because ‘she feared he was kidnapping her to Mexico’

Phoebe Copas allegedly ‘panicked’ and shot Daniel Piedra Garcia several times in the head after she saw a sign reading ‘Juarez, Mexico’

The Guardian - UK

Italian stag party ‘kidnappers’ charged with causing public alarm

The groom, unaware of the joke, was bundled into a van by friends sporting balaclavas, pellet guns and helmets

The Guardian - US

West Virginia state police face damning claims: ‘The more we dug, the worse it stunk’

An anonymous letter detailed abuses including hidden cameras, theft, kidnapping, druggings and rape – and their cover-up

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Woman who 'shot Uber driver she mistook as kidnapper' charged with murder

Authorities say Phoebe Copas from Kentucky was taking an Uber when she saw a road sign in El Paso, Texas, reading 'Juarez, Mexico', a notorious cartel hotspot just across the border. Fearing her driver was kidnapping her she pulled out a gun and shot him in the head

France 24

Belgium struggles to combat booming drug trade in port city of Antwerp

A record 110 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the Belgian port of Antwerp in 2022. The city is now the main gateway into Europe for the drug, which largely comes from South America concealed in fruit shipments. Faced with this trafficking epidemic, Belgian authorities have recruited almost 100 extra…

Newcastle Herald

'Traumatised and confused': kidnapping accused fronts court after dramatic arrest

The man was crying in court and needed time to 'come to terms' with what was happening.

The Hindu

Police register case in connection with alleged kidnapping of GP members

The Yadgir police have registered a case in connection with an alleged kidnapping of two women gram panchayat members of Naganur Gram Panchayat under Shahapur Assembly Constituency near the district administration premises on Friday.

Bangkok Post

3 arrested in crackdown on kidnapping-for-ransom gang

Three suspected members of a kidnapping gang were arrested in two Southern provinces and one in the Northeast in an operation performed by the Crime Suppression Division (CSD)'s special weapons and tactics unit on Sunday.

The Hindu

Mounting tensions: On the threat to social harmony in Uttarakhand

The case of attempted kidnapping in Purola in Uttarakhand should be investigated quickly, and nobody should be allowed to make use of it to propagate communal politics

McClatchy Washington Bureau

‘State-sanctioned kidnapping’: Texas sheriff aids probe into new DeSantis migrant flights

The Texas sheriff who last week recommended criminal charges for those behind Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ so-called migrant relocation program is collaborating with California authorities who announced a similar criminal investigation following recent flights that brought migrants from El Paso to Sacramento.

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