Exposure - According to Information compiled by Control Risks
- Kidnappings of foreign nationals worldwide have increased by over 60% in the past five years.
- Most common victims include dependents and business employees.
- Largest known ransom demands worldwide in the past five years ranged between $20 million and $125 million.
Control Risks maintains databases with information on over 39,000 kidnaps and 6,250 extortion incidents including short-term hostage cases, hijacks, threats, bomb extortions, product extortions and product contaminations. These enable Control Risks to draw trends.
Impact of an incident - Questions to ask - Are you prepared to ensure the safe, timely and secure release of a victim?
- Could you effectively liaise with all parties (law enforcement, families, other third parties)?
- Can you cover the costs associated with a kidnap, extortion, detention or hijack event?
- Fees of a crisis management and kidnap response firm
- Independent communicator
- Interest on loans raised to meet an insured loss
- Travel costs to the country of which the event occurred
- Independent psychiatric care and/or medical care
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