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New leads open in McCann case British police, working closely with their Portuguese colleagues, say they have a “number of persons of interest” they would like to investigate in the… 18/05/2013
OJ Simpson tries to get a retrial Former American football star O.J. Simpson is back in court in Las Vegas to ask for a new trial in the armed robbery and kidnapping case that in 2008 sent him… 13/05/2013
After Cleveland horror, back to life Three young women who were abducted ten years ago and held captive in Cleveland, USA, are finally free and back with their loved ones, after one of them was… 10/05/2013
Prosecutors may seek death penalty for Ohio kidnapper Prosecutors in Ohio say they may seek the death penalty in the case of Ariel Castro, the man accused of the kidnap and rape of three women held prisoner for… 10/05/2013
Accused Cleveland kidnapper appears in court and bailed for $8m The man accused of imprisoning three women in Cleveland, Ohio, has had his bail set at eight million US dollars – more than six million euros. Ariel… 09/05/2013
Son of ex-Pakistan PM Gilani kidnapped Violence is escalating in Pakistan in the run-up to general elections on May 11. Ali Haider Gilani, the son of former prime minister Yousouf Raza Gilani… 09/05/2013
US: Ariel Castro charged in Cleveland kidnapping case Cleveland resident Ariel Castro has been charged with kidnapping and raping three women, who were allegedly held captive for almost a decade. Earlier… 09/05/2013
Sister of Cleveland kidnap victim Amanda Berry asks for privacy Amanda Berry, one of the three Cleveland women held captive for ten years, has returned to her sister’s home. The six year old girl born to Berry while she… 08/05/2013
Families celebrate return of missing US women Families of the three young women who were missing for about 10 years and were found on Monday have been celebrating their return. Like Amanda Berry, the… 08/05/2013
US police scour house where three women were held captive Police have been searching a house in the US state of Ohio which three women escaped from after vanishing around a decade ago. Pictures have also been… 08/05/2013
US: Amanda Berry’s desperate 911 call Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were released from a decade of captivity in the US city of Ohio – after Amanda made a desperate bid for… 07/05/2013
US police praise woman’s bravery after 10 years in captivity There is shock and delight in the US state of Ohio – where three women who disappeared a decade ago have been found alive at a Cleveland house. Amanda… 07/05/2013
Three young women missing for years found alive in Ohio In the United States, three young women who have been missing for more than a decade have been found alive. Amanda Berry and Gina De Jesus were teenagers… 07/05/2013
Syrian bishops kidnapped near Aleppo Two Syrian bishops have been kidnapped in the northern province of Aleppo. It’s not clear who is responsible. Yohanna Ibrahim and Paul Yazigi are said to… 23/04/2013
Spanish police break up kidnapping ring Spanish police have broken up a criminal gang that used prostitutes to lure businessmen to bogus meetings. The victims were then held to ransom strapped to… 22/04/2013
Protests against child rape in India – nocomment For the second consecutive day, hundreds of people protested outside state buildings in Delhi, angry at the conduct of police dealing with the kidnapping and… 21/04/2013
Italian journalists detained in Syria Four Italian journalists have been detained since Friday in northern Syria, although the circumstances of what happened are unclear. Two of the men and one… 06/04/2013
Italian government backs hostage death claim Claims by Nigerian militant group Ansaru that it killed seven hostages seized last month have been backed by the Italian government while the Greek foreign… 10/03/2013
Confirmation urgently sought over Nigeria hostage deaths claim Concern is growing for the fate of seven foreign hostages after a Nigerian Islamist group posted a statement on a website saying they had been killed. The… 10/03/2013
Natascha Kampusch’s ordeal on film ‘3096 Days’ tells the story of kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch. When she was only 10 years old she was abducted by Wolfgang Priklopil on her way to school… 27/02/2013
Has anyone seen my child? It is a drama that families hope they will never have to face: the disappearance of a child. Amid the panic and the stress it is crucial that a support system… 01/10/2012
A new SOS when youngsters vanishNumerous organisations across Europe are attempting to reduce the number of cases of missing children. Right On spoke to two NGOs who run the dedicated… 01/10/2012
Missing children images on website error pagesWhen a family is looking for a missing child it is important that all search methods are explored. Many are forced to turn to novel methods to keep cases in… 01/10/2012
French family kidnapped in CameroonSeven French nationals, four of them children, have been abducted in northern Cameroon. They are all members of the same family and were on holiday in the… 19/02/2013
Nigeria kidnapping: hostage photo shown on TVThe first photo has emerged purporting to show some of the seven foreigners who have been kidnapped in northern Nigeria. The image, showing a group of… 18/02/2013
Algerian crisis: Seven foreigners killed in “final assault”Algerian special forces have killed 11 rebels in what is described as a final assault to retake the In Amenas gas facility. The state news agency APS says… 19/01/2013
Algeria hostage crisis: No more French nationals held captiveThe hostage crisis at an Algeria gas facility enters its fourth day, with more than 20 foreigners still being held captive or missing. Norwegian oil company… 19/01/2013
Algerian hostage crisis: dozens freed, others unaccounted forHostages freed from the In Amenas gas plant in the Algerian desert have been been boarding buses and aircraft to make their way home. Algeria’s media… 19/01/2013
Freed gas workers praise ‘fantastic’ Algerian army actionHostages freed from the besieged gas plant in Algeria during the military operation have been speaking about their experiences. In the nearby town of In… 18/01/2013
Nigeria searches for pirates who seized 4 peopleThe Nigerian navy is looking for pirates who kidnapped four crew from an Italian-registered ship. The capture happened off the coast of the southern state… 24/12/2012
Nigeria: Islamist Ansaru behind French kidnappingIslamist group Ansaru says it was behind the kidnapping of a French engineer in Nigeria. 63-year-old Francis Colump was taken on December 19 when around 30… 24/12/2012
French family in video appeal to al-Qaeda captorsThe brother of a French hostage, snatched in Niger more than two years ago, has made a video appealing directly to the kidnappers. Clément Legrand posted… 09/12/2012
Mystery surrounds kidnap of Berlusconi’s accountantIt is emerged Italian police have opened an investigation into the kidnap last month of Silvio Berlusconi’s accountant, one of his closest allies. Giuseppe… 19/11/2012
Colombian families demand role in FARC talksTalks aimed at ending half a century of conflict in Colombia are to continue next month in Cuba. The Colombian government and representatives of the Marxist… 19/10/2012
Prayers and procession for missing British girlMore than 700 people have joined a silent procession through a small Welsh town for a five-year-old girl who has been missing since last Monday. A church… 07/10/2012
Police in Wales arrest man on suspicion of five-year-old’s murderBritish police investigating a missing five year-old have arrested a man on suspicion of murder. April Jones’s disappearance has gripped the country with… 06/10/2012
UK police draw blanks in search for missing April JonesPolice and rescue teams in central Wales have spent a fourth night searching for April Jones, a five-year-old girl who went missing on October… 05/10/2012
Cameron joins UK appeal for abducted girlThe British Prime Minister has appealed to the public for help in the search for a five-year-old girl who went missing in mid-Wales. April Jones has… 04/10/2012
Missing British schoolgirl found safe in FranceA 15-year-old British schoolgirl and her 30-year-old maths teacher have been found safe and well in Bordeaux, a week after they travelled to France… 28/09/2012
Maths teacher missing with pupil in France wanted across EuropeThe father of the maths teacher missing in France with teenager Megan Stammers has appealed for them to get in contact. Jeremy Forrest is now the subject of… 28/09/2012
US embassy staff shot at by Mexican policeMexican police have shot and wounded two US Embassy staff in what officials are describing as a case of mistaken identity. Officers fired on a vehicle… 25/08/2012
Lebanon clan renounces abductionsThe militant Lebanese Shi-ite clan which is already holding 20 Syrians and a Turk says it will not take any more Sunni hostages. It is pressing for the… 17/08/2012
Upsurge in PKK violence as anniversary nearsKurds fought with Turkish police on Tuesday in the southeast province of Hakkari. The clashes took place on the eve of the 28th anniversary of the start of… 14/08/2012
Italian embassy kidnap victim aliveYemini authorities have confirmed that an Italian man abducted on Sunday is being held by tribesmen. They said the embassy security guard is being held in… 31/07/2012
US baby kidnapper jailedAn American woman who stole a baby from a New York City hospital in 1987 and raised the child as her own has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Ann… 31/07/2012
Kidnapped Libyan journalists return homeTwo Libyan journalists, kidnapped while covering the country’s recent historic elections, have been reunited with their families. Abdelqadir Fassouk and… 17/07/2012
Abducted tourists freed in EgyptTwo American tourists, abducted in Egypt’s mountainous Sinai region, have been released. They were taken, along with their tour guide, by a Bedouin… 17/07/2012
FARC ‘to free today’ French journalist in ColombiaThe release of a kidnapped French journalist, held by left-wing rebels in Colombia, is said to be imminent. The humanitarian mission involved in the… 30/05/2012
Former Colombia senator negotiates FARC freeing of French journalistFrench president Francois Hollande has sent a high level civil servant to Colombia to help with the release of French journalist Romeo Langlois. The… 29/05/2012
Video released of captured French journalistVideo has emerged of French journalist Romeo Langlois, who is being held by FARC rebels in Colombia. The drug-funded group has announced that it will free… 28/05/2012
French journalist to be freed by Colombia FARC rebelsThe International Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed they will be involved in the operation to free captured French journalist Romeo Langlois from Colombian … 28/05/2012
Colombia: Rebels to free captured French journalistColombian FARC rebels say they will release captured French journalist Romeo Langlois on Wednesday. He was seized last month during clashes between fighters… 28/05/2012
Syrian rebels deny kidnapping Lebanese pilgrimsThere were scenes of relief at Beirut airport as a group of Lebanese women arrived home from Syria – but the Shi’ite men they were with are still being held… 23/05/2012
Hezbollah calls for calm after Syrian rebels kidnap LebaneseHezbollah ha called for calm after 13 Lebanese men were seized by Syrian rebels. The kidnappings have prompted unrest in the Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut… 22/05/2012
Remains exhumed in Rome as part of missing teenager inquiryThe remains of a reputed mobster were exhumed from a tomb in Rome on Monday, as part of an investigation into the disappearance of a teenager in… 14/05/2012
FARC call for media debate for release of French journalistColumbia’s leftist FARC rebels have called for a debate on freedom of information as a first step towards freeing a French reporter captured last week. Romeo… 08/05/2012
New revelations emerge in case of missing MadeleineA taxi driver has told Britain’s Evening Standard newspaper that a young girl – who looked like Madeleine McCann – got into his cab with four adults in… 02/05/2012
Kidnapped UK aid worker killed in PakistanThe body of a British aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan in January has been found. Sixty year old Khalil Dale was born in Yemen, but a UK citizen. He had… 29/04/2012
French journalist taken captive by FARC rebelsFARC rebels in Colombia say they are holding a French journalist, captured during an attack on an Colombian army unit. Four Colombian soldiers in the… 29/04/2012
Missing Madeleine: Portugal not planning to reopen inquiryAuthorities in Portugal say they are not planning to reopen their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, unless there are significant new… 26/04/2012
UK police still hope Madeleine is aliveAs the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann approaches, British police have issued a computer-generated photo of how she might look now… 25/04/2012
Italian tourist kidnapped in Algeria freedAfter more than 14 months in the hands of al-Qaeda affiliated Algerian rebels, Italian tourist Mariasandra Mariani has been freed. Her parents are… 17/04/2012
Italian tourists ‘abducted by Maoist rebels’ in IndiaTwo Italian tourists have reportedly been kidnapped by Maoist rebels in India. TV reports say they were taken in the state of Orissa in the east of the… 18/03/2012
Swiss tourists said to have escaped Taliban kidnappersA Swiss couple who were kidnapped by the Pakistani Taliban last July are free after reportedly escaping. A Pakistani army spokesman said the pair showed up… 15/03/2012
FARC to stop kidnappingColombia’s FARC rebel group has made a surprise announcement saying it is to abandon its decades-long policy of kidnapping for ransom to fund its battle… 27/02/2012
Kidnapper of baby Carlina pleads guiltyA woman in New York has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a baby from a hospital in 1987 and raising her as her own child. Ann Pettway admitted taking the baby… 11/02/2012
One killed and four kidnapped in TimbuktuA group of armed kidnappers has seized three people and killed a fourth in northern Mali. Reports say a German man was shot dead while the hostages are from… 25/11/2011
Mali says three more Europeans abducted, one killedReports from Mali say three Europeans have been kidnapped and a fourth killed at Timbuktu in the north of the country. The information comes from a Malian… 25/11/2011
Mali: two French geologists kidnappedFrench autorities are negotiang. 24/11/2011
Kidnapped Major Leaguer freedWilson Ramos, the Major League baseball player who was kidnapped outside his home in Venezuela on Wednesday is free. Venezuelan police rescued him in a raid… 12/11/2011
Baseball kidnap highlights Venezuelan violenceThe kidnapping of a Major League baseball catcher in Venezuela has highlighted the increasing criminality in the south American nation. Baseball fans… 11/11/2011
Somali gunmen seize three aid workersGunmen kidnapped three aid workers in northern Somalia on Tuesday. They seized one American and two Danish nationals close to Galkayo airport in the region… 25/10/2011
Three European aid workers abducted in AlgeriaA search is underway for three European aid workers abducted from a refugee camp in western Algeria. Two Spaniards and an Italian were seized by al Qaeda’s… 24/10/2011
Al Shabaab advancing for combat in SomaliaSomalia’s al Shabaab rebels are advancing for a confrontation with Somali and Kenyan government troops. The troops began a huge offensive by land and air… 17/10/2011
Kenya to hunt down abductors in SomaliaKenya says its army will cross into Somalia to pursue suspected islamist insurgents believed to have kidnapped westerners including aid workers. It is also… 15/10/2011
Aid workers kidnapped near Somali borderGunmen have kidnapped two aid workers at a refugee camp in Kenya. The Spanish doctors, working for the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, were seized… 13/10/2011
Kenya fears for future of Lamu tourismAmid the calm and the gently lapping waters of the Indian ocean there is a disquiet running through the tourist havens along the northern Kenyan coast. With… 02/10/2011
Details of kidnap ordeal in Kenya revealedThe partner of an elderly, disabled French woman kidnapped in Kenya has told how six masked men brandishing assault rifles stormed their beach house. John… 02/10/2011
French tourist kidnapped in KenyaMore security worries for Kenya with the news that an elderly disabled French woman has been kidnapped from her luxury tourist resort in the north of the… 01/10/2011
Suspected Somali gunmen kidnap tourist in KenyaMore security worries for Kenya with the news that an elderly disabled French woman has been kidnapped from her luxury tourist resort in the north of the… 01/10/2011
More teachers kidnapped in TurkeyOfficials in Turkey say three more teachers were kidnapped by Kurdish militants the PKK on Wednesday in the east of the country. The day before eight… 29/09/2011
Libya: kidnapped Italian journalists are freedFour Italian journalists have been describing their kidnap ordeal at the hands of armed men thought to be loyal to Colonel Gaddafi. Their car was stopped in… 26/08/2011
Kidnapped reporters freed in LibyaFour Italian journalists abducted in Libya by suspected loyalists of fugitive Muammar Gaddafi have been freed unharmed. The four, seized in the chaos of… 24/08/2011
Back in the Day: the end of an 8-year kidnap ordealAugust 23, 2006. Austrian 18-year-old Natascha Kampusch escapes her kidnapper Wolfgang Priklopil more than eight years after he took her captive. Kampusch was… 22/08/2011
Renewed calls for Darfur doctor to be releasedAn Italian aid group said on Wednesday that it was “optimistic” that one of its doctors kidnapped in western Sudan’s Darfur region would be freed… 17/08/2011
Australian woman freed in bomb scareAn Australian woman was freed from a suspected bomb hung around her neck after a ten hour ordeal. The 18-year-old, Madeleine Pulver, had been trapped in her… 04/08/2011
Jaycee Dugard talks of 18-year abduction ordealLong-time kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard has given her first interview since being reunited with her family. In the interview with Diane Sawyer of US channel… 12/07/2011
Russian software tycoon’s son kidnappedThe son of Russian entrepreneur Yevgeny Kaspersky has reportedly been kidnapped in Moscow. Secret service officers are said to have been searching for… 21/04/2011
Murder of an Italian in Gaza an ‘ugly crime’ – HamasHamas leaders in the Gaza Strip have condemned the murder of an Italian peace campaigner by an extremist group linked to al-Qaeda. A Jihadist Salafi faction… 15/04/2011
Al-Qaeda group kills Italian in GazaThe body of an Italian aid worker has been found in Gaza following an assault by Hamas security forces on a house in the Sheik Radouane district. Vittorio… 14/04/2011
Safe release of hostages in the PhilippinesThirteen hostages are safe and well after being released in the southern Philippines where they had been held since April 1st. They were found by security… 06/04/2011
Estonian cyclists kidnapped in LebanonEstonian cyclists have been abducted by gunmen while on holiday in Lebanon. They were reportedly driven away in two minivans and a Mercedes in the Bekaa… 24/03/2011
Hope fades for missing Swiss twinsHope of finding missing Swiss twins alive has virtually disappeared after police confirmed that their father wrote a letter detailing plans to kill the… 11/02/2011
Hopes fade for missing Swiss twinsHopes are fading of finding twin six-year old Swiss girls who have been missing for over a week after their father absconded with them. The girls were last… 09/02/2011
Woman snatched as a baby reunited with motherA woman kidnapped as a baby from a US hospital 23 years ago has been reunited with her mother. Carlina White was abducted in August 1987, when she was just… 21/01/2011
Niger forces hunt French hostagesA desperate search is underway for two Frenchmen abducted in the capital of the desert nation, Niger. The pair were seized and driven away from a crowded… 08/01/2011
Two more French men kidnapped in NigerTwo French men have been kidnapped by gunmen in the capital of Niger, Niamey. The assailants burst into a restaurant in a residential area of the city… 08/01/2011
Suspected kidnap leaves Mexico town without policeA burnt out shell in the Mexican border town of Guadalupe has prompted a search for its last remaining police officer. It is believed the house was set… 29/12/2010
Four Turkish engineers kidnapped in AfghanistanFour Turkish engineers working on a road project in Afghanistan have been seized by gunmen. The men and their driver were taken in the eastern Paktia… 26/12/2010
