...Asian Criminology (2008) 3:61–73 DOI 10.1007/s11417-007-9040-1 Kidnap for Ransom in South East Asia The Case for a Regional Recording Standard Mohd Kassim Noor Mohamed Received: 27 July 2007 / Accepted: 5 November 2007 / Published online: 15 December 2007 # Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2007 Abstract Kidnapping for ransom is not a new phenomenon. According to the Control Risk Group, an international risk consultancy, kidnappings of foreign nationals globally have increased by 275% over the past 10 years. High profile incidents such as the tourist kidnappings in 2000 by the Abu Sayyaf group, operating out of the troubled southern region of the Philippines, show that South East Asia has its own regionalised kidnapping hotspots. It is suspected that a high proportion of kidnappings are perpetrated by economically motivated crime groups but it is not possible to estimate with any degree of accuracy what percentage can be attributed to organised crime. This article will provide an overview of the problem, drawing upon existing literature available in the public domain. A typological discussion will show the critical differences between the various categories of kidnapping. The reliability of existing statistics, categorisation and recording of kidnapping for ransom will also be scrutinised, in particular for their variability across the region, to see whether this presents a barrier to a better understanding of the size and seriousness of the problem. As kidnapping for...
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...Section 359 Kidnapping □ Under federal and state law, kidnapping is commonly defined as the taking of a person from one place to another against his will or her will, or the confining of a person to a controlled space. Some kidnapping laws require extortion or the facilitation of a crime. A parent without legal custody rights may be charged with kidnapping for taking his or her own child, in certain circumstances. In Badlu Shah vs. Emperor[2] it was held that Kidnapping and abduction do not include the offence of wrongful confinement or keeping, in confinement, a kidnapped person[3]. The words ‘kidnapping’ and ‘abduction’ do not include the offence of wrongful confinement or keeping in confinement a kidnap □ Kidnapping is of two kinds: 1. Kidnapping from India 2. Kidnapping from lawful guardianship. Section 360 1. Kidnapping from India — whoever conveys any person...
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...The Reconstruction Era was a difficult time in United States history. Abraham Lincoln wanted to bring an end to the war as quickly as possible and unify the states swiftly, but some people including John Wilkes Booth, and Nathan Bedford Forrest made this difficult for him, and when John Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln, this had a tremendous effect on reconstruction. Therefore making John Wilkes Booth the man who caused more damage to reconstruction. Nathan Bedford Forrest was a former confederate general when he decided to join the group Ku Klux Klan otherwise known as the KKK. The KKK was a secret terrorist group that opposed reconstruction. Forrest was appointed the group’s first grand wizard in 1866. The Klan was the negative reaction...
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...Lincoln’s assassination is significant in U.S. history because of how it was done, his accomplishments as president, and the impact of his death on the US. John Wilkes Booth had originally planned to kidnap Abraham Lincoln in order to continue the exchange of prisoners between the North and the South. Booth had acquired the help of Samuel Arnold, George Atzerodt, David Herold, Michael O’Laughlen, Lewis Powell, and John Surratt to help him kidnap Lincoln. They had planned to do this on March 17, 1865 while Lincoln was riding home from the play, Still Waters Run Deep. The president did not go to the play that night and instead went to a ceremony where a captured confederate flag was being presented to Governor Oliver Morton. The morning of Lincoln’s assassination,...
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...Lincoln was a strong supporter of it. They were two different people with different motives, one wanted to end slavery, the other wanted to keep it. Booth being a famous actor was known in the country and was one of Lincoln’s favorite actors. Lincoln may have liked Booth but Booth didn’t like Lincoln. As the war was ending General Ulysses S. Grant, general of the Union Army was wiping out General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army. This was worrying southerners and other Confederacy supporters. John Wilkes Booth knew he had to try and do something so the south wouldn’t lose the war. He and some companions planned to kidnap Lincoln. When they would kidnap him they would take him to Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia and the Confederacy. They would hold him hostage until the north surrendered. On the day they were to do it Lincoln was not in the spot they were to kidnap him so the plan did not work. Then it happened, General Lee surrendered to the Union and the war was over. Some people were happy the Union won others were not. John Wilkes Booth was outraged about it and decided to come up with another plan to avenge the south. He and his companions George Azterodt, Lewis Powell, and David Herold came up with an assassination plan. The plan was planned at a boarding house of Mary Surrat in Washington D: C. They planned to kill President Lincoln, Vice President Johnson, Secretary of State William Seward, and General Ulysses S. Grant. The plan was partially foiled when General...
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...In Booth’s diary he included his views on what the assassination meant to him. He explained why he had done what he had did. He said that killing Lincoln wasn’t wrong and god had told him to do what he did. In his diary he explains that the kidnap plan failed because god wanted him to do something more than just kidnap the president, he wanted him to kill him. With the failure of the first plan Booth deeply believed that god was on his side and that what he intended to do was for the country he dearly loved. Even after the assassination when the Union soldiers were after him, Booth believed that whatever happened to him didn’t matter and that he did it for the good of his country. He was filled with sorrow and remorse for being seen as a criminal...
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...Sarae Sinville ISIS in Iraq The recurring problem in Iraq is the terrorist group ISIS. ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq. ISIS is able to control Iraq by using a great deal of terror. ISIS kills, kidnaps, etc., Iraqi citizens without any regret. They kidnap children, random people, and people who don’t follow the Islamic faith. ISIS continues to try to take control the Iraqi government, even they control oil refineries around the world. There was something called the battle of Tikrit (Tikrit is the name of the capital of Iraq), which was a war between the Iraqi government and ISIS....
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...natural father and he is of the Muslim faith. In an attempt to try to establish a father- daughter relationship, he invited me to the Mosque where he attends holy services. I did not really know much at all about the Muslim faith because I believe in, was born into and raised in the faith of Christianity. The immediate thoughts that came to mind were somewhat colorful. I imagined they would make me wear head wraps and body wraps where the only body part that could be seen were my eyes. I then pictured myself having to sit quietly all day long with my head down, not able to have any social interaction with anyone because I am a woman and I would be considered to be inferior to the men. Lastly, I had the idea that they would try to kidnap me and send me to Afghanistan to become a servant. After I got over my immediate concerns, I thought about the situation on a deeper level. I was obviously being culturally bias and basing my ideas about the Muslim faith on things that I had heard, read about or seen in movies. I had no real evidence to support my arguments on why I should not attend. Besides, this would be the opportunity that I had longed for since I was a little girl; the opportunity to know my real father. I made the decision to attend the ceremony. To my surprise, the service was nothing like my previous thoughts had been. I did not have to wrap myself up like a mummy, but I did have to take off my shoes in order to come in. I did not have to sit quietly all...
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...Alexandria Brunell Mrs.Hansen 7th hour Mary Surratt is guilty, and deserved to be executed. The two reasons why i think Mary is guilty, One reason why Mary was executed because she lied to the Authorities. Also, she’s guilty is because she is guilty by association. My first reason why i think Mary Surratt is guilty is because she lied to the authorities. It says in source 3 Before god, sir, I do not know this man, and I have never seen him ,...
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...Final Exam Study Sheet History 201, Fall 2015 Dr. Craig Our final exam will take place at the time and date listed at the end of your syllabus, and will account for 25% of your final grade. The exam will consist of 3 short identification questions worth 10 points each, and a, essay worth 70 points. Note: please review the exam procedures listed in Section 8 of the syllabus. All rules, as stated in the syllabus, will be in effect. This includes all penalties for being late or materially unprepared to take the exam. Part I. Short Identification. Five of the following terms will appear on your exam, and you will be asked to write an identification of three of them. This identification should be written in 3-5 complete sentences. You should define the term (who, what when, where, why, and how) and then provide and explanation of why the term is important to the larger themes of this class. Samuel Parris; Betty Parris; Tituba; Candlemas Massacre; predestination; poppet; Abigail Hobbs; ergotism; hysteria; Mercy Lewis; femme couvert; dower; company town; spinning jenny; water loom; Sadler Committee; exploitation; Karl Marx; monopoly; monopsony; economic competition. Part II. Essay. One of the following questions will appear on your exam. You should respond in a well-organized, thesis-driven, and specific essay which attempts to persuade that reader that your perspective on the question in the correct one. These essays should be backed up with solid information...
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...«The Ransom Of Red Chief» O.Henry. Analysis. O.Henry was a prolific American short story writer, a master of surprise endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. William Sydney Porter was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. When he was three, his mother died, and he was raised by his paternal grandmother and aunt. At the age of fifteen he left school. In 1897 he was convicted of stealing money. In prison he started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter Margaret. After three of the five years sentence he came out of the prison. In 1901 he changed his name to O. Henry and died of cirrhosis of the liver on June 5 1910 . It is shown by the authors way of writing that the genre of the Ransom Of The Red Chief is a non-fiction because the characters, places, the events and actions in the story seem almost real. O. Henry describes the characters in a very delicate manner. He shows that Red Chief is a very active and mischievous kid . He has made the life of his kidnappers hell. The author uses chronological order to tell the story and to state the events that took place. He starts by introducing the main characters , the setting , then makes his way through by adding some twists and turns. The story finishes with a touch of irony . -They kidnapped Johnny. -They sent a letter to the father with demands. -The father replies the letter by an offer. -They accept the offer. -They return Johnny and pay the father the...
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...the wild have scars on their bodies because they scratch and bite each other in order to show dominance. They will act very aggressively with each other, snapping their jaws and chasing one another. http://seaworld.org/en/animal-info/animal-infobooks/bottlenose-dolphins/behavior/ ---- They Form Cliques Small groups of male bottlenose dolphins bond with each other and often stick together for life. Female dolphin groups form similar small groups and will protect each other against groups of male dolphins. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/18/science/dolphin-courtship-brutal-cunning-and-complex.html?pagewanted=all --- They Kidnap Victims A group of male dolphins will get together and attack a group of females, when the mood strikes them. They single out a female, surround her, and flee the scene with her trapped between them. In this way, they effectively kidnap her from the group. The remaining group of females may sometimes launch a counter-attack to rescue their lost member. ---- They Will Get to Their Prey Dolphins hunt and don't stop hunting until they succeed. Female bottlenose dolphins have been known to jump ashore to get at their prey, and groups of orcas will create waves in order to knock seals off the ice and into water. ---- ...
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...On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor that was chief inspector for a show shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. John Wilkes planned to kidnap president Abraham Lincoln ,but the plan failed.John and several other people hatched and tried to kidnap the president and take him to richmond the confederate capital. As the president Abraham Lincoln was watching the play John went in and shot President Abraham Lincoln in the back of his head and died in the play peterson house.John was later on arrested for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.A Professional army surgeon named Charles Leale ,made his way through the crowd to the door at the rear of the Presidential Box when he saw Booth finish his performance to the audience and saw the blood on Booth's knife....
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...Mary Surratt: The Guilty Accused of More Than Done The first woman executed in the US, was Mary Surratt. Mary Surratt was a fellow conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. After the assassination, Mary, along with other conspirators, were taken to Liberty Jail. There, she was found guilty for helping in the conspiracy, and sentenced to death by hanging (Chasing Lincoln’s Killer 187). Because Mary holding some conspirator meetings, and her son being a loyal Confederate, Mary Surratt was executed, even though she was guilty, being put to death was immoral, especially when there is no evidence to prove her guilty. First of all, Mary Surratt was accused of delivering John Wilkes Booth’s tools to the tavern, which, she did not...
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...Before there was Pablo Escobar , El Chapo and other cocaine leaders there was Griselda Blanco, a drug lord who was one of the first pioneers in the cocaine drug trade. La Dama de la Mafia, The Godmother, The Black Widow, Cocaine Queen of Miami, La Madrina, The Mafia Lady, and The Cocaine Godmother was only some of the alias that was given to Griselda Blanco. Marta Griselda Blanco was born on February 15,1954 in Cartagena, Colombia. At the age of three, her mother who was in the prostitution industry decided to move to Medellin, Colombia. Where she was abused by her mother, she decided to leave her side and live in the street. She became a criminal when she was only 11 years old. Blanco decided to kidnap a 10 year old boy from a very wealthy...
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