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K&R News

2015-04-02 | Germanwings crash: Bodies recovered, but families must wait months for identification
JUST over a week after a Germanwings plane crashed into the French Alps, investigators have finished retrieving human remains from the crash site and are now trying to match them with DNA profiles from the 150 people killed — an arduous task that could leave families waiting for months.

2015-02-24 | American Is Kidnapped in Nigeria
An American missionary was kidnapped on Monday from a school in central Nigeria in an area prone to kidnappings for ransom, officials said Tuesday.

2015-01-26 | In Emergencies, Companies Are Turning to Employee-Tracking Services
Gone are the days when firms used hard-paper itineraries to keep track of travelers; now GPS technology allows employers to locate employees in circumstances like the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Sydney. If an emergency occurs, the employer can push out alerts; apps also allow employees to request help, via a virtual panic button on their smartphone.

2014-12-20 | Tsunami policeman's sadness as he recalls mission to identify British victims among thousands of bodies
The now retired Metropolitan Police officer was at the start of a gruelling 15-month mission to identify the 152 British victims and allow their heartbroken relatives to grieve properly. Thanks to this determined dad of two and his team all but six of the victims’ bodies were recovered.

2014-12-17 | The foreign political risk to local business
Whether it be war, acts of terrorism, protests, or a kidnapping, political and security risks are inherently unpredictable, as recent events in Hong Kong and Ukraine have shown. “It is very much a moving target on a week-to-week basis depending on what is happening around the world,” says Michael Lincoln, National Underwriting Manager for Crisis Management Solutions at Liberty International Underwriters.

2014-12-17 | 199 Americans Kidnapped in Mexico in 2014
Almost 200 Americans have been kidnapped in Mexico this past year; 79 of those kidnappings took place just south of the Texas border in the Mexican State of Tamaulipas, according to an FBI interview with Breitbart Texas. While the Mexican government continues to praise their security campaign in Tamaulipas, shootouts, kidnappings, extortions and highway robberies continue to plague the border state. In Mexico a person is kidnapped every six hours, according to the statistics published by Mexico’s National Citizens Observatory, a non-profit organization that keeps track of crime figures.

2014-12-03 | Piracy, Kidnap & Ransom: UK bans ransom payments by insurers
On 26 November 2014 the British Home Secretary introduced the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill (the Bill) to Parliament, part of which deals specifically with prohibiting the payment of insurance claims in respect of payments made in response to terrorist demands.

2014-11-26 | Dead on the tracks, 40 bodies lie unidentified
Others allege that the GRP staffers are not only careless while handling such cases, but also often destroy any identification proof available on purpose, to avoid a prolonged follow-up procedure. “If the deceased were to be identified, it would involve a lot of paperwork and procedures for the police, and so, they try to avoid identification in the panchnama,” said another railway official.

2014-11-21 | All Air Algeria crash victims identified
The remains of victims from July's mysterious Air Algeria crash in Mali, which include two Luxembourers, have been identified and are to be returned to their families, the French foreign ministry said Friday.

2014-09-19 | Norm Pattis: There’s a cold logic in refusing to pay ransom to terroists
As a matter of law and policy, the United States refuses to pay ransom, or to negotiate the payment of ransoms, to those who kidnap Americans. What’s more, federal officials vow prosecution of Americans who pay ransom to terrorists. The result is that families with loved ones held by such groups as ISIS are left in impotent rage: Try to save their loved one, but risk prosecution by their government for doing so.