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US Travellers Alerted: Dating Apps Linked To Kidnappings In Mexico's Tourist Hotspots
The US State Department warns Americans in Mexico about kidnappers exploiting dating apps to abduct tourists for ransom.
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Private Security, Cocaine: How Crypto Kingpins Controlled New York City Nightlife
John Woeltz and William Duplessie, the two men arrested for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting Italian tourist Michael Valentino. Teofrasto Carturan once brought a freezer bag full of cocaine and hired four private security guards to keep everything
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US Crypto Tycoon Drugs Tourist, Ties And Urinates On Him For Bitcoin Password
John Woeltz, 37, faces multiple charges including kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon.
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Ecuador Gangsters Kidnap, Kill 5 Tourists Mistaking Them As Rival Gang Members
Ecuadoran gangsters abducted, interrogated and killed five tourists, apparently thinking they were members of a rival drug gang, officials said Saturday.
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"Roasting In Hell": Rabbi Says Hamas Operative Who Paraded German Tourist Dead
Shani Louk was kidnapped form a music festival on October 7 and her body was found weeks later.
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Indigenous People Free Over 100 Tourists They Abducted In Peruvian Amazon
Members of an Indigenous group on Friday freed more than 100 tourists whom they had abducted in the Peruvian Amazon a day earlier to protest what they called government inaction after an oil spill, officials said.
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US Tourist And Driver, Kidnapped In Uganda, Rescued After Ransom Paid
An American woman and her Ugandan driver were released unharmed five days after they were kidnapped in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park, according to a military spokesman.
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US Tourist, Guide, Kidnapped In Uganda National Park, Freed
A US tourist and a safari guide kidnapped by gunmen in a Ugandan national park have been recovered safe and sound after a ransom was paid for their release, a safari firm said on Sunday.
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Manhunt In Uganda After US Tourist, Driver Kidnapped
Gunmen in Uganda have abducted an American tourist and his driver inside a national park close to the border with Democratic Republic of Congo, government spokesman Ofwono Opondo said Wednesday.
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Afghanistan: 'Naive, Reckless' Tourists Couchsurfing In War-Torn Nation
Couchsurfing's concept is like a modern-day version of Afghanistan's tradition of hospitality, which obliges Afghans to provide food and shelter to strangers. In a country where kidnappings remain common and foreigners are highly-prized targets, they have no way of knowing if their host is connected to criminals, who may see a chance to get rich by...
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In Kerala, Irish Man In Frantic Search For Wife Missing For 9 Days
42-year-old Andrew Jordan has been frantically searching for his wife Liga Skromane, 33, who went missing in Kerala's Kovalam last week. "We reached out to the police and were assured that they will get her in two days. It's been nine days now," said Andrew, who had arrived in Kerala last Saturday.
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4 Gunmen Killed In Hunt For Philippine Terrorists
Four gunmen have been killed on a Philippine tourist island as President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military on Sunday to kill remnants of an ISIS terrorists group behind a foiled mass kidnapping attempt there.
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Remember Veerappan? Cop Who Led The Final Encounter Pens A Tell All Book
Remember Veerappan? Karnataka and Tamil Nadu will take a long time to forget the forest outlaw who poached elephants for their ivory, smuggled sandalwood, killed many policemen and forest officers, kidnapped tourists and a Kannada superstar - Rajkumar. Veerappan was killed in 2004 after years of police effort - and the man who headed the operation,...
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Czech PM Says 2 Czechs Kidnapped in Pakistan Released
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said today that two Czech tourists kidnapped two years ago in Pakistan had been released and have returned to the Czech Republic.
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ID Parade in Kolkata For Men Accused of Keeping Tourist As Sex Slave
Six men arrested for the gang rape of a Japanese tourist allegedly held hostage for nearly a month will appear in an identity parade later this week, a Kolkata court said today.
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US Travellers Alerted: Dating Apps Linked To Kidnappings In Mexico's Tourist Hotspots
The US State Department warns Americans in Mexico about kidnappers exploiting dating apps to abduct tourists for ransom.
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Private Security, Cocaine: How Crypto Kingpins Controlled New York City Nightlife
John Woeltz and William Duplessie, the two men arrested for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting Italian tourist Michael Valentino. Teofrasto Carturan once brought a freezer bag full of cocaine and hired four private security guards to keep everything
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US Crypto Tycoon Drugs Tourist, Ties And Urinates On Him For Bitcoin Password
John Woeltz, 37, faces multiple charges including kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon.
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Ecuador Gangsters Kidnap, Kill 5 Tourists Mistaking Them As Rival Gang Members
Ecuadoran gangsters abducted, interrogated and killed five tourists, apparently thinking they were members of a rival drug gang, officials said Saturday.
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"Roasting In Hell": Rabbi Says Hamas Operative Who Paraded German Tourist Dead
Shani Louk was kidnapped form a music festival on October 7 and her body was found weeks later.
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Indigenous People Free Over 100 Tourists They Abducted In Peruvian Amazon
Members of an Indigenous group on Friday freed more than 100 tourists whom they had abducted in the Peruvian Amazon a day earlier to protest what they called government inaction after an oil spill, officials said.
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US Tourist And Driver, Kidnapped In Uganda, Rescued After Ransom Paid
An American woman and her Ugandan driver were released unharmed five days after they were kidnapped in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park, according to a military spokesman.
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US Tourist, Guide, Kidnapped In Uganda National Park, Freed
A US tourist and a safari guide kidnapped by gunmen in a Ugandan national park have been recovered safe and sound after a ransom was paid for their release, a safari firm said on Sunday.
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Manhunt In Uganda After US Tourist, Driver Kidnapped
Gunmen in Uganda have abducted an American tourist and his driver inside a national park close to the border with Democratic Republic of Congo, government spokesman Ofwono Opondo said Wednesday.
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Afghanistan: 'Naive, Reckless' Tourists Couchsurfing In War-Torn Nation
Couchsurfing's concept is like a modern-day version of Afghanistan's tradition of hospitality, which obliges Afghans to provide food and shelter to strangers. In a country where kidnappings remain common and foreigners are highly-prized targets, they have no way of knowing if their host is connected to criminals, who may see a chance to get rich by...
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In Kerala, Irish Man In Frantic Search For Wife Missing For 9 Days
42-year-old Andrew Jordan has been frantically searching for his wife Liga Skromane, 33, who went missing in Kerala's Kovalam last week. "We reached out to the police and were assured that they will get her in two days. It's been nine days now," said Andrew, who had arrived in Kerala last Saturday.
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4 Gunmen Killed In Hunt For Philippine Terrorists
Four gunmen have been killed on a Philippine tourist island as President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military on Sunday to kill remnants of an ISIS terrorists group behind a foiled mass kidnapping attempt there.
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Remember Veerappan? Cop Who Led The Final Encounter Pens A Tell All Book
Remember Veerappan? Karnataka and Tamil Nadu will take a long time to forget the forest outlaw who poached elephants for their ivory, smuggled sandalwood, killed many policemen and forest officers, kidnapped tourists and a Kannada superstar - Rajkumar. Veerappan was killed in 2004 after years of police effort - and the man who headed the operation,...
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Czech PM Says 2 Czechs Kidnapped in Pakistan Released
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said today that two Czech tourists kidnapped two years ago in Pakistan had been released and have returned to the Czech Republic.
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ID Parade in Kolkata For Men Accused of Keeping Tourist As Sex Slave
Six men arrested for the gang rape of a Japanese tourist allegedly held hostage for nearly a month will appear in an identity parade later this week, a Kolkata court said today.
