United Kingdom Police officer pleads guilty to kidnap and rape of Sarah Everard The body of 33-year-old Sarah Everard was found in Ashford, Kent on March 10 a week after she disappeared in south London. 08/06/2021
Nigeria Gunmen kill one and abduct students from school in Nigeria Nigerian media report gunmen abducted around 200 students from the Salihu Tanko Islamic School. 31/05/2021
France Malaysian police search for man linked to kidnapping of French girl France has issued an international arrest warrant for the suspect who allegedly helped organise eight-year-old Mia's abduction on April 13. 22/04/2021
Romania Nine Romanian police officers prosecuted over violent facemask arrest Prosecutors in Bucharest have opened criminal proceedings against nine police officers for their treatment of two people they arrested for failing to wear facemasks in September. 05/03/2021
Nigeria Police and army in bid to rescue 317 schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria Unidentified gunmen stormed the Government Girls Secondary School in the town of Jangebe and took the girls away, say police. 27/02/2021
United Arab Emirates UAE a 'lawless country with good PR', says Princess Latifa campaigner 17/02/2021
Nigeria 300 schoolboys kidnapped in Nigeria have been freed - state governor The abduction of more than 300 boys bears chilling similarities to the kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in 2014. About 100 of those girls are still missing. 17/12/2020
United Kingdom German prosecutors think missing British girl Madeleine McCann is dead McCann, then three, went missing on May 3, 2007, in and around the resort in Praia da Luz, on Portugal's Algarve coast. 04/06/2020
Greece Sailors kidnapped in armed attack on Greek tanker near Cameroon Greek authorities said an armed group boarded the tanker and ordered eight members including the 45-year-old captain to leave. 31/12/2019
Nigeria Pirates kidnap 19 crewmembers from Greek oil tanker Pirates have kidnapped 19 people from Greek tanker off the coast of Nigera, which is the third such incident in just over a month. 05/12/2019
World Pirates kidnap crew on two European-flagged ships off west Africa A total of 13 people have been kidnapped in two separate piracy incidents involving European-flagged ships off the coast of West Africa in the last few days. 04/11/2019
Romania Romania's police chief fired after missing girl killed by kidnapper The chief of the Romanian police Ioan Buda was fired by the Romanian Interior ministry on Saturday after a series of errors in his police department led to their failure to save a missing girl. 27/07/2019
Austria Austrian triathlete frees herself after harrowing kidnapping Austrian cyclist and triathlete Nathalie Birli said she was hit, beaten, and tied up before freeing herself from a kidnapper. 27/07/2019
