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Kidnapping: how can EAPs intervene? By understanding the cultures of societies and workplaces and the differing perspectives of criminals and their victims, EA professionals can minimize the impact of kidnappings on workers, their families, and their employers.(Employee Assistance Program)(Employee Assistance)
Magazine article from: The Journal of Employee Assistance; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; Kidnapping is the act of seizing and depriving someone of his/her...psychological well-being of the individual. Unfortunately, kidnapping has become a daily event in Colombia. Over the last...official statistics show a strong increase in the number of kidnappings. In 2002 there were 2,992 cases officially ... Read more
"Double offense" problems in kidnapping and false imprisonment cases.(Florida)
Magazine article from: Florida Bar Journal; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Current statutes recognize the offenses of kidnapping and false imprisonment. Both statutes...also proves an additional offense of kidnapping or false imprisonment. Although Florida...Constraint Element in Florida Statutes Kidnapping is defined as forcibly, secretly, or... Read more
A terrorist's guide to kidnapping.(News and Trends)(International Terrorist Entities Institute)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Security Management; 8/1/2004; ; 288 words ; Upon kidnapping a group of people, execute any security...contained in al Qaeda training manuals on kidnapping, recovered by Western forces and translated...The manuals discuss rationales for kidnapping and requirements for forming a kidnapping... Read more
PARAGUAY: ALLEGATIONS OF KIDNAPPING & TORTURE BY POLICE SET OFF POLITICAL CRISIS.
Newspaper article from: NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs; 2/8/2002; 700+ words ; ...reeling under a scandal involving the kidnapping and torture of two leftist politicians...scandal began with the mid-November kidnapping of Maria Edith Bordon de Debernardi...connection with the Bordon de Debernardi kidnapping. Resk, a long-time human rights activist... Read more
Kidnapping investigations: enhancing the flow of information.
Magazine article from: The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...traumatic experiences a family can face, a kidnapping also severely challenges the law enforcement...often does not become apparent until the kidnapping ends. The grandson of an 88-year-old...helped him endure his grandmother's kidnapping. He believed that the negotiators who... Read more
Kidnappings plague residents.(Haiti)
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update; 2/1/2006; 368 words ; KIDNAPPINGS PLAGUE RESIDENTS. A wave of attacks has made impoverished Haiti the kidnapping capital of the Americas, reports AP (Dec. 26, 2005...Jan. 9 in a general strike called to protest a wave of kidnappings that has terrified people here. The Haitian Chamber... Read more
KTVI gets scoop on Devlin story.(off the record)(Michael Devlin's kidnapping case)
Magazine article from: St. Louis Journalism Review; 12/1/2007; ; 506 words ; ...agreement was struck in the Michael Devlin kidnapping case, Kingsley Smith, news director...the two boys Devlin was convicted of kidnapping--Shawn Hornbeck and Ben Ownby. Smith...the FBI's handling of the Ben Ownby kidnapping as inept. He noted that the FBI apparently... Read more
Kidnapping suspect is held on $250,000 bail; W. Boylston teen allegedly beaten.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 9/23/2008; 619 words ; ...34-year-old New York man accused of kidnapping a West Boylston teenager and forcing...9 in Superior Court on one charge of kidnapping. He is being held on $250,000 bail...charged in Brighton District Court with kidnapping, assault and battery, assault and battery... Read more
Men deny kidnapping raid suspect.
Newspaper article from: Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England); 4/9/2008; 246 words ; ...they had nothing to do with the kidnapping and beating of a burglary suspect...his troops at the pub before the kidnapping. Philip Wright told the court that the first thing he knew about any kidnapping was when he received a telephone... Read more
March against kidnappings.(HAITI)(Brief article)
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update; 7/1/2008; 222 words ; ...officials crack down on a four-year kidnapping scourge that has terrorized the country...date and a rate of about one per day. Kidnappings for ransom have plagued the impoverished...Rights Defense Network, said suspects in kidnappings are finding ways to bribe their way... Read more
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