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Before he took office in 2002, the country had endured over half the world's kidnappings and its highest murder rate.

Mykura said he did not think that making the film increased the risk of potential high-profile kidnappings.

The Turks performed covert operations on behalf of the company, including espionage, kidnappings and assassinations.

Most of them were so-called "express kidnappings" , where the victim was released after less than a day once a ransom had been paid.

In the past two years, he added, there had been dozens of unresolved kidnappings involving American citizens along the border.

Though Santa Marta is no longer plagued by the kidnappings and killings that kept tourists away for decades, petty crime remains a problem.

That could lead to it becoming more involved in places such as Pakistan and Sudan, where its citizens have been caught up in kidnappings .

Its passage came after years of frustration with the porous southern border, kidnappings and murder.

It may also be having a wider effect: January saw only a third as many kidnappings as December, according to MINUSTAH.

But last month it returned to its customary kidnappings and sabotage. Moreover, the violence has got nastier and more indiscriminate.

Colombia suffered a surge in kidnappings, peaking first in the early 1990s and then at a higher level at the end of the decade.

Taliban insurgents and criminal gangs are blamed for a recent wave of killings and kidnappings targeting Afghans and foreigners.

Marin is now accused of venturing into the drug business and other criminal activity, like conducting for-ransom kidnappings.

The United States has long maintained that negotiating with terrorists would only embolden them to commit more kidnappings .

For a given rise in police numbers, kidnappings fell in line with the expansion of mobile coverage in each area.

Araki says he believes that more than 400 Japanese have been abducted, and that the kidnappings continue even today.

News about the two kidnappings was initially withheld from the public while authorities worked to secure the release of the reporters.

Tokyo, however, has demanded proof of their deaths and an investigation into other suspected kidnappings .

Might one of their less familiar benefits be the foiling of kidnappings in Colombia?

Kidnappings, murders, suicide bombings, and ongoing offensives pitting the US Army against insurgents were the norm.

It has become a living hell, with daily car bombs, mortar attacks, hundreds of kidnappings and murders every week.

Kabul has refused to free jailed Taliban militants, saying that would encourage more kidnappings.

The kidnappings were confirmed by a Chinese embassy spokesman but no group claimed responsibility.

Muggings, carjackings and kidnappings await, so you are advised not to stop the car for souvenirs.

Across the region, killings and kidnappings have become common.

They said extrajudicial killings, torture and kidnappings by local authorities have fueled the insurgency.

Across the world in Haiti, a recent wave of kidnappings by organized gangs is a reminder of past tensions.

It was a hole . . . A new type of crime flourished: kidnappings.

"When you hear about kidnappings, you think: 'Why did I ever come back? '"

It also has criticized abuses in the Caucasus, including extrajudicial killings, kidnappings and torture.

He is believed to be behind numerous car bombings, kidnappings and killings of hostages.

The military had killed or captured several mid-level rebel commanders, and kidnappings had dropped almost tenfold.

MENTION Colombia, and most people think of cocaine, kidnappings and guerrilla violence.

Police say they plan to question the woman and senior officials of the pro-North Korea group about the alleged kidnappings.

But the kidnappings highlight a longer-term problem: having a failed state as a neighbour.

I opened handwritten , eye-witness accounts of summary trials and executions, of kidnappings and rapes.

They said afterwards that Mr Kim had apologised for the kidnappings and asked them to make movies for him.

If ransoms are paid, as they have been before, more kidnappings are likely.

Political killings, honor killings, kidnappings and gang warfare are not uncommon in this city.

Kidnappings and random killings are reported with almost mind-numbing frequency.

In Caracas, gang murders and kidnappings are a fact of life, and al Qaeda terrorists hide in plain sight in Karachi.

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Bombings, shootings and kidnappings are common. Most go unsolved.

A series of high-profile kidnappings in which the victims were later found dead has sparked outrage in Mexico.

Murders have almost halved since 2002; kidnappings have fallen much more.

Nigeria faces a huge problem of militant attacks and kidnappings.

Murders, kidnappings and other crimes have fallen sharply.

As a result Monterrey has endured a wave of large-scale roadblocks, kidnappings and killings.

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Between 1970 and 1978, for instance, the Baader-Meinhof gang in Germany staged kidnappings, assassinations, bank robberies and bombings.

The NCTC said that in 2008, terrorist use of kidnappings for ransom increased significantly.

Scores of towns and cities took part in silent marches to show a united front against escalating kidnappings and murders .

Violent crimes such as murders, arsons , rapes and kidnappings dropped as much as 4. 3 percent.

Summary: Every day, the Police Force receives 185 phone calls. 180 of them are about burglaries, murders, rapes and kidnappings .

Last year the CNDH interviewed 238 victims and witnesses of migrant-kidnappings.

The UN mission has brought greater security: reported kidnappings fell from 722 in 2006 to 258 last year.

In Mexico, a record number of kidnappings happened last year.