Today, the risk of piracy on the open seas is greater than ever. It's not only shipping crews that are kidnapped, according to Yan Bui, commercial insurance account executive at Clements International. Expatriates working overseas also face increasing risks as international trade expands. All of which brings them to kidnap, ransom and extortion insurance (KRE). This insurance provides coverages for individuals and organizations, including non-governmental organizations, corporations and other multinational organizations in high-risk areas worldwide, offering protection in the event of kidnapping for ransom, wrongful detention and/or extortion. In the event of a kidnapping, a ransom demand must be made in order to trigger the policy, says Bui. Some brokers offer KRE as part of an overall...
PORTLAND, Ore. - A robbery at Columbia Sportswear leader Gert Boyle's Oregon home was part of a larger plot to kidnap the 86-year- old woman, according to police documents. Police announced on Tuesday that they had arrested two new suspects, bringing to three the number of arrests in the case. One of the men told officers he planned to kidnap Boyle in exchange for $20,000, according to booking papers filed with the Clackamas County Jail.
From wire reports LAHORE, Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Foreign policy experts at Brookings and the Atlantic Council noted encouraging signs in changes sweeping North Africa and the Middle East, most notably reforms and elections in Morocco and Tunisia. But they also warned of looming threats from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), now strengthened by a flood of Libyan weapons and ties with other militant groups in the region, including the Polisario Front, whose members last month reportedly helped AQIM kidnap Western aid workers from a Polisario refugee camp in Algeria. Much of the news from the region is bad, but there are some glimmers of hope," said Daniel Byman, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution. At Brookings' forum, "Elections and...
A Fayette County man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and rape will serve seven to 14 years in prison. Howard Leslie Layhue II, 36, of Georges entered the guilty pleas in April in exchange for the sentence.
BLOOMINGTON - Bloomington police have released a sketch of a man suspected of trying to kidnap a woman walking Wednesday evening near O'Neil Park. Police are asking for the public's help in finding the man.
I'M GOING TO DREAM one more time. I'm going to imagine that I've never before contemplated this to the point sheer exhaustion. I'm going to believe that this is a new concern. I'm going to convince myself that it's still worth the effort to deal with this old concept called information- trapped as it is between silence and excessive control.... In order to practice any style, form or tenet of journalism, you have to be informed ... It is the journalist's duty and the right of the citizen - of that historic actor that has sustained the revolution and today more than ever needs to know what's going on-to be informed. . . . In any case, information- with its nuances, its shades of gray - will always make us more efficient and more revolutionary, more conscious of the historic moment; more ...
A man accused of kidnapping, raping and beating a Shelton store clerk last year, allegedly while high on "angel dust," is considering a plea bargain offer from the state. Justin Bonner, 26, a Stratford resident who has been held since his June 2010 arrest, appeared Tuesday in Superior Court in Milford before Judge Richard Arnold.
By Michelle Tuccitto Sullo Naugatuck Valley Bureau Chief mtuccitto@nhregister.com A man accused of kidnapping, raping and beating a Shelton store clerk last year, allegedly while high on "angel dust," is considering a plea bargain offer from the state.
ALHAMBRA - Prosecutors filed charges Friday against a Monterey Park yogurt shop owner who allegedly attacked an employee, removed her clothes, used tape to tie her up then put her in box. Left in an adult diaper with a collar around her neck, authorities said the woman managed to free herself and get help.
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