Executive Travel : How Ransom Kidnaps End
Worldwide, kidnapping for ransom usually ends with the victim still alive. Ransom demands vary dramatically, with largest sums generally demanded when an American executive is kidnapped overseas.
Released after payment: 40% Rescued: 35% Released without payment: 11% Killed or died: 9% Escaped: 5%
Source: Control Risks Group, Lloyd’s of London. Based on data from 1987 to 1990.
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