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
USA Wisconsin man charged with kidnapping 13 year old girl and killing her parents 13 year old Jayme Coss escaped from the house where she'd been allegedly held for three months in the tiny town of Gordon by 21 year old Jake Patterson. 12/01/2019
World Instagram kidnap: could it happen to you? Olia Kedik, also known as Olia Moda, is a Russian fashion blogger based in San Francisco, California. Her Instagram account was hacked in early August 2018, and hackers bribed her to pay 350 dollars to get it back. 01/11/2018
Italy Polish man handed 16-year jail term for kidnap of British model It's after British model Chloe Ayling told Italian police she'd been lured to a photo shoot in Italy's fashion capital last summer, abducted and held captive for six days by Lukasz Herba 11/06/2018
Democratic Republic Of Congo British tourists kidnapped in Congo speak out after being freed 13/05/2018
Democratic Republic Of Congo British tourists kidnapped in DR Congo released Two Britons kidnapped in Democratic Republic of Congo Virunga National Park have been released, Britain's Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said. 13/05/2018
Republic of the Congo Woman who died trying to protect Brit tourists from kidnappers is named 12/05/2018
United Kingdom Britain apologises for appalling treatment of Libyan dissident & his wife UK intelligence services helped the CIA abduct Abdul Hakim Belhadj and his then-pregnant wife in 2004 from Thailand to return them to Tripoli, where Abdul was tortured. Now Britain has admitted its mistake and paid compensation. 10/05/2018
Kosovo Erdogan slams Kosovo PM over sackings after Gulen-linked deportations The Turkish president promises Ramush Haradinaj "he will pay" for sacking senior officials after six Turks working in Kosovo were hunted down and deported back to Turkey. 31/03/2018
Nigeria Nigeria: Scores of kidnapped schoolgirls are freed The government says 76 of the 110 girls abducted in Dapchi last month by Islamist militants have been returned to the northeastern town 21/03/2018
USA Lana Del Rey kidnapping foiled Police in the USA have arrested a man who reportedly threatened to kidnap the singer Lana Del Rey 04/02/2018
