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Armed tribesmen have kidnapped a Japanese engineer working in Yemen and demanded the government release one of their imprisoned tribe members, the Japanese Embassy and a Yemeni security official said Monday.
Prosecutors in the Mexico state of Baja California say they freed a U.S. citizen who was kidnapped last week near the border.
A woman was convicted of conspiracy and false imprisonment after she harbored a 6-year-old boy who was snatched by her friend to protest what the women claimed was lax security at a Nevada elementary school.
Gunmen kidnapped a French staff member working for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Sudan's western Darfur region on Thursday, the group said.
A Connecticut family made up claims that it rescued three immigrant relatives from a kidnapper by showing up with baseball bats at a ransom exchange meeting, according to police reports.
A California man accused of kidnapping a woman, holding her in a makeshift casket and demanding $140,000 ransom has been convicted and faces up to life in prison.
Kidnappers on Saturday released three foreign aid workers they had held in Somalia for more than two months, an Islamic militia commander said.
Opening statements are set for Thursday in the trial of a Southern California contractor accused of kidnapping a woman, holding her in a makeshift casket and demanding $140,000 ransom.
A former Mexican sports commissioner whose daughter was killed by her abductors criticized the government Wednesday for failing to combat crimes like kidnapping as aggressively as it fights drug trafficking.
An Italian prosecutor in the first trial anywhere scrutinizing the CIA's extraordinary renditions asked a Milan court on Wednesday to sentence 26 Americans to jail terms ranging from 10 to 13 years for the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect.
A dozen members of a Colombian organization have been charged with conspiring to aid a foreign terrorist group and taking a U.S. citizen hostage last year in Panama, authorities announced Monday.
The United States has extradited to Mexico a woman wanted in a kidnapping that grabbed headlines after the victim's mother outperformed police in finding several suspects.
Three Haitian men were sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for kidnapping an American teenager and her Haitian classmate for ransom.
An 11-year-old boy gets high marks in storytelling after staging a hoax to cover up his bad grades. Police said the boy faked his kidnapping Friday to avoid bringing home a bad report card, saying that a man with a pistol snatched him after he left Ed White Middle School. The boy said the man forced him into a "beat-up car" and threatened to kill him.
A body found with its severed arms crossed and placed on its chest in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, was identified by authorities Wednesday as a Texas man kidnapped from his home.
An 18-year-old California man has been charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old Idaho girl after police say the two met on a social networking site and he got her to move in with him.
Police arrested two women Saturday for allegedly holding an American retiree captive in his Tijuana home and forcing him to write them checks.
An armed group kidnapped two foreign civilians working for the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur on Saturday, a spokesman for the peacekeepers said.
Fourteen years after a mass kidnapping of four Americans and other vacationers at a Philippine resort, an alleged Muslim militant accused of leading the hostage-taking has been brought to the United States to face criminal charges.
The man accused of fathering two children with a girl he allegedly kidnapped in 1991 acknowledged that he did “a disgusting thing" but said that in the end there was a “heartwarming story.”
A French tourist was freed Friday three months after being kidnapped in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, authorities said.
Four European aid workers and two Kenyan pilots released in Somalia after nine months as hostages arrived in Kenya on Tuesday, a relative said.
Four European aid workers and two Kenyan pilots were released Tuesday after nine months as hostages in Somalia thanks to efforts by officials, religious leaders and businessmen to free them, Somalia's national security minister said.
A family asked to pay a ransom to free three immigrant relatives showed up with baseball bats instead, sparking a melee involving 19 people, police said.
Police have captured four suspects in the kidnapping and killing of the daughter of Mexico's former sports commissioner, a case that provoked huge protests against crime and police incompetence.
Man Gets Life in Prison for Scaring North Carolina Grandmother to DeathA man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was found guilty in what prosecutors said was a case of scaring a 79-year-old North Carolina grandmother to death.
Garrido's Parole Agent ThreatenedSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Threats against Phillip Garrido's parole agent forced him to transfer to a new office in the Sacramento area, a KCRA 3 investigation has uncovered.
Lawyer: Woman to plead guilty in Smart caseSeven years after it began, the wrenching saga of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping is expected to move toward resolution with an expected guilty plea from one defendant charged in the case.
Puno fingers MILF in Irish priest kidnappingPhilippine Muslim rebels on Wednesday angrily rejected accusations they were behind the abduction of an elderly Irish priest and threatened to stop helping in the search for him.
Garrido Is 'Master Manipulator,' Says District AttorneyPLACERVILLE, Calif. -- In light of a new letter from kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido, the El Dorado County district attorney described the convicted rapist as a "master manipulator."
MoD vessel 'watched yacht hijack'The crew of a UK military ship watched as a British couple were taken hostage by Somali pirates but were ordered not to open fire, it has emerged.
Phillip Garrido Apologizes In New LetterSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- In his third jailhouse letter, Phillip Garrido issued an apology "for what has taken place" and referenced "ending a sexual problem believed to be impossible."
'Scam comic' kidnapped in NigeriaA prominent Nigerian comic actor who is famous for singing a song about e-mail scams has been kidnapped.
Hunter Convinces Dad In Amber Alert To SurrenderMILTON, N.H. -- A 2-year-old girl -- whose father, police said, took from her mother's home in Maine on Monday -- was reunited safely with family Tuesday thanks, in part, to a hunter's discovery.
Maine Toddler Missing; New York, Vermont Issue Amber AlertSANFORD, Maine -- An Amber Alert was issued in New York and Vermont on Monday evening for a missing 2-year-old girl who police said was taken by her father in Maine after a violent assault on the girl's mother.
Kenyan printers seized in SomaliaSuspected Islamist gunmen have kidnapped two Kenyans working for a printing firm in Somalia's capital.
Babysitter 'hid' missing US childPolice in the US state of Florida have found a baby, reported missing six days ago, alive under her babysitter's bed.
Suspected serial killer charged as police work to identify 11 bodiesA man living in a house strewn with rotting corpses was remanded in custody today pending trial for murder, after a prosecutor called him "an incredibly dangerous threat".
Update: How did suspect in rape & murder of 19 year old woman slip through parole sweep? The Florida Department of Corrections is investigating how a man wanted for a probation violation managed to slip through multi-agency sweep of parole violators in Orange County a week before he was accused of kidnapping and strangling a 19-year-old woman.
Man accused of kidnapping and attempted sexual battery of long-time friendA Palm Bay man convinced a long-time friend to come to his home Monday but then handcuffed her and told her he wanted to have sex, authorities said.
Police: Florida wife faked her own abductionIt sounds like a movie plot: a bizarre extortion scheme involving a beautiful wife, her wealthy husband and young lover, and a phony $50,000 ransom demand.
Police: Florida wife faked her own abductionIt sounds like a movie plot: a bizarre extortion scheme involving a beautiful wife, her wealthy husband and young lover, and a phony $50,000 ransom demand.
Pirates demand $7m for Paul and Rachel Chandler - Times OnlineConfirmation that the British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler have indeed been kidnapped by Somali pirates. Statements from the Prime Minister and Foreign Office and quotes from the Chandlers and their family members.
Child rape, abduction suspects guilty on all counts -- OrlandoSentinel.comTwo men arrested in the kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old as she headed to school are guilty on all charges, an Orange County jury decided this afternoon.
Police: Girl Escapes Attempted AbductionMANCHESTER, N.H. -- Police in Manchester said they are searching for a man who reportedly tried to grab a Memorial High School student as she was walking to school from her car.
Carnage and corruption in IraqIgnored by the west, Iraqis continue to suffer as the US's 'exit strategy' begins to unravel
Father accused of abducting man he believes killed his daughterA retired accountant whose daughter was killed 27 years ago was facing charges last night over the alleged abduction of the man he always blamed for her death. The man was left bound, gagged and injured outside a French courtroom.
The Adoption of the Goldstone ReportThe endorsement of the UN Human Rights Council of the report of South African Justice Richard Goldstone on the war on Gaza, despite American and British criticism, Washington's repeated objections to the report, Israeli threats, the delays and different interpretations of the rep …
Using technology to keep your kids safeOver 800,000 children are reported missing every year and every second counts in finding them.
In 2007, Seven people pleaded guilty to the attack on Megan Williams. She is now claiming she made up the story. What is the truth?A woman in the US who said she was kidnapped, raped and tortured in a racially-motivated attack in 2007, has now said she fabricated her story.
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