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Kidnapping for ransom is a common occurrence in various parts of the world today. In 2018, the United Nations found Pakistan and England had the highest number of kidnappings while New Zealand had the highest rate among the 70 countries for which data is available. [45]
Kidnappings by country (65 C) A. Kidnapping in Afghanistan (1 C, 1 P) Kidnapping in Algeria (3 C) Kidnapping in Argentina (2 C, 3 P) Kidnapping in Australia (2 C, 6 P)
Venezuela has also ranked high internationally among countries with high kidnapping rates, with consulting firm Control Risk ranking Venezuela 5th in the world for kidnappings in 2013 [71] and News.com.au calling Venezuela's capital city of Caracas "the kidnap capital of the world" in 2013, noting that Venezuela had the highest kidnapping rate ...
Many African nations are facing a kidnapping ransom crisis, including South Africa, which has seen a high rate of kidnapping The post South African kidnappings for ransom increase at an alarming ...
Hostage taking by country (40 C) A. Kidnappings in Afghanistan (2 C, 3 P) Kidnappings in Algeria (9 P) ... Kidnappings in the United States (11 C, 12 P) V.
The country, says the U.N.’s top human rights advocate, just recorded its most violent month in two years after logging more than 1,100 deaths, killings, kidnappings and injuries in January. And ...
The list of countries by homicide rate is derived from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data, and is expressed in number of deaths per 100,000 population per year. For example, a homicide rate of 30 out of 100,000 is presented in the table as "30", and corresponds to 0.03% of the population dying by homicide.
Crime in Venezuela is widespread, with violent crimes such as murder and kidnapping increasing for several years. In 2014, the United Nations attributed crime to the poor political and economic environment in the country—which, at the time, had the second highest murder rate in the world.