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K&R News

2014-08-09 | Forensic investigators identify 23 MH17 crash victims using fingerprints and dental records
Two of the victims were identified using fingerprints while dental records were used to help identify the other 21.

2014-08-06 | MH17: Another 2 to 3 weeks before bodies can be identified
Subramaniam said in one to two weeks time the examination of the remains would conclude and the next phase of matching it with fingerprints, dental records and DNA samples would commence.

2014-07-31 | MH17 Forensics Experts In Race Against Time To Find And Identify Missing Bodies
Two weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over war-torn eastern Ukraine, forensic investigators are in a race against time to recover the bodies that haven't been found yet and that experts say are rapidly decomposing. The number of bodies still missing is believed to be about 100, based on Dutch government reports. Investigators believe the body parts recovered so far account for around 198 of the 298 passengers and crew aboard.

2014-07-31 | Air Algerie crash identification to take time
Identifying the victims from last week's Air Algerie crash in Mali "could take weeks, months and maybe years", Algeria's chief of police says. An Air Algerie McDonnell Douglas 83, flying from Burkina Faso to Algiers, crashed in northern Mali on July 24, killing all 118 people on board.

2014-07-30 | Kidnap-for-Ransom: An al-Qaeda Manual
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb which is active in northern Africa, Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the Somali-affiliate al-Shabab remain some of the dominant forces engaged in this dreaded tactic, pushing susceptible European governments to pay the ransom to save the hostages, according to a series of investigations carried out by the New York Times. Following interviews with several diplomats, hostages, negotiators, and government officials – who spoke mostly on conditions of anonymity – across continents, the NYT report points to a sharp shift the manner in which the al-Qaeda and its affiliates conduct its kidnappings. Since 2008, the governments, chiefly from Europe, have paid at least $125m in ransom in return for the release of captives through several intermediaries, and in turn unwittingly become one of the major sponsors for the militants' terror operations across the world.

2014-07-27 | Youngest victims of MH17 the hardest to identify
Because many of the victims on the doomed July 17 flight were children, police and health workers visiting relatives around the world have asked for treasured children’s finger paintings or other items that may contain prints such as baby bottles.

2014-07-25 | Why bringing bodies home matters
Throughout history, most cultures have emphasized the management of the bodies of the deceased. Indeed, cultures around the world (and religions are a part of one's culture) still observe different, important, traditions for what happens with human remains, most commonly ranging from burial to various forms of cremation.

2014-07-16 | Alleged Mexican Drug Cartel Thugs Kidnap American 'Courier' in SC
Today, authorities identified three purported members of a Mexican drug cartel as the alleged kidnappers of a South Carolina man last week, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District of Court of South Carolina.

2014-07-08 | 8 steps to negotiate kidnap & ransom demands
Kidnap for ransom doesn’t have to end badly, and in the great majority of cases, concludes with the hostage’s safe release. During a recent visit to XL’s downtown Manhattan offices, National Underwriter P&C received a crash course in some of the strategies employed in the long, painful process of getting your loved ones home safely.

2014-06-16 | Kidnap And The Liability Of Businesses
Employers owe a duty of care to their employees, and how far this duty extends in order to ensure the safety of individuals is brought sharply into focus when employees of a business find themselves victims of a kidnap event.