Top six kidnap countries from January to June 2015

  1.  Nigeria
  2.  India
  3.  Afghanistan
  4.  Pakistan 5. Mexico
  5.  US (North America)

The above are based on kidnap for ransom incidents recorded in open source news reports and captured up to the end of June 2015 . This report is based on open source information and aims to highlight current news, trends and analysis of kidnap for ransom incidents globally over the reporting period. Note: The information contained in this report is based on open source material, including news articles and should be regarded as offering a snapshot of global kidnap incidents. Given the selectivity and incomplete or inaccurate nature of some news articles, the information contained in this report is not exhaustive or 100% accurate. As such any conclusions made from this report should take these limitations into account.