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The availability of weapons in Yemen make kidnapping easy, and the government's inability to address this issue has allowed tribesman to continue this tactic. It is important to note though, that the kidnappers are not interested in bargaining with the lives of the tourists or the people who they kidnapp, they simply want to pressure the government to meet their demands. The tribesmen are aware of the government's desire to attract foreign investments, especially after the country has begun implementing the economic reforms intended to improve the country's economy. Kidnapping foreigners therefore; has become a way for tribes to pressure the government to meet their demands. The government usually through tribal leaders and mediators manage to get all the kidnapped "guests" out safely.
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It is ... legal kidnapping for the police officers or agents of one state to capture fugitives in another state and bring them back for trial. International law requires the permission of a country's government for a fugitive to be sent to another country for trial, unless the fugitive voluntarily surrenders. Most countries also have laws requiring extradition proceedings, and often extradition treaties. For example, the capture of Mordechai Vanunu in Italy by Mossad agents was kidnapping under Italian law. Similiarly, the Mossad capture of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was kidnapping under Argentinian law.
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During the last half of the twentieth century, kidnapping stories encompassed an ever wider array of fictive and real-life scenarios. The 1974 abduction of Patricia Hearst, the daughter of a prominent media mogul, by the Symbionese Liberation Army, recalled politically motivated kidnappings in other countries. Several years later, when an anti-American faction in Iran seized nearly one hundred people at the American Embassy in Tehran, the media proclaimed "America Held Hostage," and the incident played a key role in the 1980 presidential election of Ronald Reagan and the defeat of incumbent Jimmy Carter. The kidnapping of U.S. businesspeople and diplomats remained a prominent concern overseas, while abductions that accompanied carjackings and other crimes attracted considerable attention in the United States.
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The“kidnapping scourgeâ€, as NYT’s Ginger Thompson termed it on June 6th, has been responsible for hundreds of kidnappings for ransom in recent months, with an estimated 6 to 12 kidnappings taking place daily. Among these have been high-profile kidnappings of an Indian businessman, a Russian diplomat, two Mexican telecommunication workers, a Canadian man and a 65-year old businesswoman from Montreal. No Americans have been kidnapped to date, although a U.S. embassy vehicle was fired upon prompting the Embassy to issue a travel warning on May 25th “in the midst of a spate of kidnappings and carjackings in the country.†(St. Petersburg times, May 27, 2005)
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Nine French nationals, that were arrested after they were caught trying to airlift over a hundred children from the country, will face charges of kidnapping, officials in Chad say. Seven Spanish nationals, who were the crew of the plane, will face charges of being complicit. Two Chadians were ... charged.
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Attendees ... discussed some research papers tackling various matters related to the kidnapping phenomenon. The papers dealt with tribal norms, cultural and social roles, scientific terror, the phenomenon’s causes and solutions and Westerners’ impressions of kidnappings in this country.
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