In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority. This may be done for ransom or in furtherance of another crime, or in connection with a child custody dispute. When it is done with legal authority, it is often called arrest or imprisonment.
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Bitcoin ransomers arrested for kidnapping in South Africa
Police in Mpumalanga, South Africa, have arrested two suspects who demanded a Bitcoin ransom following the kidnapping of ...
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$950K Bitcoin ransom paid but US businessman still missing
An American businesses man is still missing even though his family have paid kidnappers a ransom of nearly $950,000 in Bitcoin. ...
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Kidnappers in Norway demand $10M Monero ransom for millionaire's wife
Police fear the wife of one of Norway's richest men is being held ransom for $10M, payable only in the anonymity-focused ...
