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By Sam VakninAuthor of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited"In the second half of 2008, pirates based in Somalia have hijacked dozens seafaring vessels: yachts, fishing boats, small freighters, cruise ships (the Nautica), military cargo (the freighter Faina), a chemical...
Eritreans 'being tortured in Egypt's Sinai for ransom'
Father Mussie Zerai says 400 Eritrean held by people traffickers in the Sinai desert are being tortured to extract money from their relatives. The Catholic priest says the Eritreans are forced to telephone their families and ask them to pay ransoms of up to $10,000. He also... UK aid worker's joy at release from captors in Somalia
"A British security consultant kidnapped six days ago by gunmen in Somalia has described his release as "marvellous", Save the Children says. Zimbabwean-born Frans Barnard was seized in the town of Adado last Thursday. A local colleague, who was also seized, was freed...Abducted Irish priest now missing 4 weeks today in Philippines
Father Sinnott, a Colombian priest based in Pagadian in the Philippines, was abducted and held for ransom exactly 4 weeks ago today. Father Sinnott was born in Co. Wexford in Ireland and is 79 years old. He underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 2005 and... Family, FBI Asking for Help in Closing Year-Old Kidnapping Case
Robert was due to catch a commercial flight to Dallas for a business meeting but never got on the plane. He left personal items behind, including his computer, his truck and his bag. Robert Wiles parents ... Hacker steals patient records in Virginia: demands $10M ransom
The FBI is currently investigating a $10 million ransom demand from a hacker, or a group of hackers, who, on April 30, appear to have broken in to the Virginia government site and stolen patient records that also records that track prescription drug abuse. About 8.3 million... Taliban Still Holding Canadian Hostage Beverly Giesbrecht
Toronto's Globe and Mail reports that the Taliban has shelved their plans to behead Canadian hostage Beverly Giesbrecht (aka Khadija Abdul Qahaar), but she is still being held in an unknown tribal...
created by Mary Richard | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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3182 views | 22 recommendations | 10 comments
Darfur aid workers are free after kidnapping ordeal in the Sudan
The Italian Forestry Ministry has just released a statement saying that the Doctors Without Borders members who were taken in Darfur almost two days ago are now free.It is now confirmed that they were released an hour ago:" Four aid workers with French-based medical charity... 18 Pinoy seamen kidnap by Somali pirates for 71days finally home
Eighteen Filipino seamen from the Maltese-flagged MV Centauri who were held captive by Somali pirates in the high seas for 71 days finally came home yesterday afternoon, in time to be with their families for...
created by danesller0127 | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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442 views | 11 recommendations | 3 comments
Soggy Somali Pirate and cash washes ashore
Just days after the $3 million ransom payment and subsequent release of the Saudi supertanker held ransom by Somali pirates, the body of one of the newly wealthy Somalians has been recovered, loot in tow. The body of the pirate was apparently accompanied by $153 000... Somali Pirates Have Connections in North America
Somali pirates are believed to have extended networks of cooperators in North America. Somali expatriates living in Canada and the US are believed to offer financial and administrative support to the pirates,...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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381 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
140 Tourist Hostages, world runs wild in credit crisis, ransom 275 Euro
Pirate ransom copied by turkish hotel owner Don't go for holidays to Turkey Turkish Hotel owner takes Belgium and French Tourist as hostages, 140 French Tourist hostages threatened, no food, turkish Hotel owner...After losing in stock market, 2 MBA students kidnap boy in New Delhi
Police in the Indian capital New Delhi have arrested two management graduates who had kidnapped a schoolboy for ransom after losing their money in the stock market meltdown.The two men allegedly hired goons and kidnapped a 14-year-old boy from a southern Delhi...Somali pirates may extend deadline, before destroying ship with crewmembers
Somali pirates holding an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia may extend the deadline on their threat to destroy the vessel with the crewmembers, a spokesman said Monday. " In Kiev, angry relatives of the... Hijacked Ship: Ransom Reduced as Crew member Dies
The captain of a ship carrying military equipment, hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, has told the AP that one crewmember is dead. Meanwhile, the pirates have reduced their ransom demand, apparently realizing that asking for $35 million would only encourage an...
created by Jordan Yerman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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109 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
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