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1 [7] Kidnappings for profit that do occur in or into the United States today are often connected to other ongoing criminal activity, such as ________.

2 It still is traditional amongst certain nomadic peoples of ________.

3 ________ is a term used to describe the relationship a hostage can build with their kidnapper.

4 Tiger kidnapping is taking a ________ to make a loved one or associate of the victim do something, e.g.

5 ________ is the abduction or kidnapping of a child (or baby) by an older person.

6 In the past, and presently in some parts of the world (such as southern ________), kidnapping is a common means used to obtain slaves and money through ransom.

7 ________ is a term often applied loosely, to include any bride 'abducted' against the will of her parents, even if she is willing to marry the 'abductor'.

8 Alongside murder, kidnapping is the last significant offence under the ________ which has yet to be codified into statute.

9 Following the highly publicized 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping, Congress authorized the ________ to investigate kidnapping at a time when the Bureau was expanding in size and authority.

10 It has seen a resurgence in ________ since the fall of the Soviet Union and the subsequent erosion of women's rights.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • instead of abducting people, Francesco Paolo Varsallona, who became an outlaw in 1893, introduced tribute payments for guaranteed safety and was credited with modernizing brigandage in Sicily?
  • on January 21, 2006 Ilan Halimi, a French Jew, was kidnapped by a gang of Muslim immigrant youths and subsequently tortured to death, with the motive being either money or anti-Semitism?
  • the kidnapping of Edward Cudahy, Jr. caused a national uproar in 1903 because Cudahy's father, a meatpacking magnate in Omaha, Nebraska, paid the ransom request?
  • the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Wheeler that the Constitution alone did not give the government of the United States the authority to prosecute kidnappers?
  • during the Bisbee Deportation, Phelps Dodge Corporation executives seized control of the town's telegraph and telephones to prevent news of the kidnappings from being reported?
  • after Basque writer Jesús Galíndez was kidnapped from the streets of New York, his body was never found?
  • Frank Sinatra, Jr.'s kidnapping in 1963 led his father to habitually carry a roll of dimes?
  • Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa committed murder, kidnapping, racketeering, and tax evasion during the 1990s, all in an attempt to establish a chain of gas stations in New York City?
  • Rizwanur Rahman was charged with abducting his wife by West Bengal police after her father disapproved of the marriage?
  • Sano Fusako was kidnapped in Niigata, Japan in 1990 at age 10 and was not freed until nine years and two months later?
  • "bunchers" are criminals involved in kidnapping pets from residences, trapping stray animals illegally, and selling them to laboratories for animal testing purposes?