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K&R News

2014-04-08 | California Private Investigator Warns College Students on Spring Break
According to the US State Department, there will be approximately 100,000 college students traveling to Mexico on Spring Break, many without parental supervision. According to the crisis management division of American International Group (AIG), an international insurance and financial services organization, there are over 20,000 reported Kidnap-for-Ransom incidents annually, and 48% of these occur in Latin America. However, this number does not include any unreported incidents. As a result, it is believed that 100,000 cases per year is a more realistic figure. Worldwide Intelligence Network works closely with one of the most renown Kidnap for Ransom Negotiators for Latin America, Michael Clayton.

2014-04-07 | XL Group Announces Kidnap, Ransom & Extortion Insurance in US and New Crisis Management Advisory Services
With its new Comprehensive Kidnap, Ransom & Extortion (KRE) Crisis Policy and an agreement with one of world's top risk consultancies, XL Group's US Crisis Management team is helping individuals and businesses safely navigate a riskier world. Through an agreement with Terra Firma Risk Management LLP, XL Group's new KRE coverage is accompanied by response capabilities and crisis management guidance.

2014-04-07 | Venezuelan Globovision editor Nairobi Pinto kidnapped
Nairobi Pinto was seized by two masked gunmen at her home in the capital Caracas, her father Luis said. He asked the kidnappers to "see sense" and release his daughter. Kidnappings, especially for ransom, are not uncommon in Venezuela, and a number of diplomats, as well as businessmen and athletes, have been abducted over the past years. While the majority of those kidnapped for ransom are released hours or days after they were taken, some kidnap victims have been killed or died from injuries sustained during their ordeal.

2014-04-07 | New Technique Better Identifies Mummified Mexican Border Crossers In Arizona
About 180 unidentified Mexican border crossers die in Arizona each year trying to enter the United States — their bodies usually surrendering to heat exhaustion and dehydration. And because the extreme heat causes the bodies to quickly mummify, the process of obtaining fingerprints is nearly impossible. Dr. Greg Hess is Pima County Medical Examiner, and his office sees more cases of mummified border crossers than any other in the country.

2014-04-06 | Semporna resort kidnap: No ransom calls have been made, says Esscom chief
No ransom calls have been made to either of the families of the two women abducted from the Singamata Reef Resort off Semporna on Wednesday. Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) director-general Mohammad Mentek (pic) said that the only phone call was made to the family of Chinese tourist Gao Hua Yuan several hours after Gao and Filipina resort worker Marcy Darawan were kidnapped by seven gunmen at about 10.30pm on Wednesday. “It was not a ransom call. From the information we have received, the caller just told the family that the two women were safe with them,” Mohammad said, adding that Gao had also spoken to her family to say she was all right.

2014-04-03 | Mudslide victim identification a painstaking process
As medical examiners painstakingly piece together the identities and lives of the 29 people known killed when a mudslide wiped out a small Washington community, one mystery troubles them. One set of remains does not fit with the description on the missing persons list, which, as of Wednesday included 18 people.

2014-04-03 | Gunmen kidnap 2 people in Malaysia
A kidnap-for-ransom gang based in the southern Philippines is suspected of seizing a Chinese tourist and a receptionist from a dive resort in eastern Malaysia, authorities said Thursday. The kidnapping late Wednesday underscored the persistent security threats in Sabah state, a popular tourist destination a short boat ride from the southern Philippines, which has long been home to a dangerous mix of Muslim militants and kidnap gangs. Seven men armed with rifles, four of them masked, raided the Singamata Reef Resort after arriving there on a speedboat, according to a police statement. The 28-year-old woman from Shanghai was seized from the balcony of her room, Sabah police Commissioner Hamza Taib told local media. The other victim was a 40-year-old female Philippine citizen.

2014-04-02 | 5000 unclaimed bodies a ‘vast human tragedy’
Of the 5 786, some 5 352 of them were unidentified. “The main reasons for either unclaimed or unidentified bodies include foreigners, decomposed, mutilated bodies, skeletal remains and indigent families identifying but not claiming the body because they cannot afford to bury it,” said DA health spokesperson Jack Bloom. “The huge number of unclaimed and unidentified bodies is a vast human tragedy.”

2014-04-01 | ID match on Tacloban bodies, survivors set
According to Dr Nicasio Botin, team leader of the NBI Disaster Victims Identification team, the ante- and post-mortem identification is set after Holy Week and will last for about six weeks for the gathering of DNA samples. The entire process, however, will take 3 years to finish, said Botin. The NBI said that about 2,241 bodies recovered here have already undergone post-mortem identification as of March 23. Of the 2,241 bodies, eight were claimed by their families while 2, 233 were buried at the Holy Cross Memorial Park.

2014-03-31 | 2 Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria go free
Two Spanish journalists freed after being held hostage for more than six months in Syria by a rogue al-Qaida group returned home Sunday to an emotional welcome from friends and colleagues.