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Kidnap Inside the Ransom Business

Anja Shortland

Kidnap for ransom is a lucrative but tricky business. Millions of people live, travel, and work in areas with significant kidnap risks, yet kidnaps of foreign workers, local VIPs, and tourists are surprisingly rare and the vast majority of abductions are peacefully resolved - often for remarkably lo...

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Freakonomics Radio

It was mentioned as Anja Shortland's published work focusing on 'tricky markets' such as Somali piracy and Taliban protection schemes, suggesting they are fundamentally markets.

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Shortland has written a book called Kidnap Inside the Ransom Business.

— Episode: 432. When Your Safety Becomes My Danger

Episode: 432. When Your Safety Becomes My Danger

It was mentioned as Anja Shortland's published work focusing on 'tricky markets' such as Somali piracy and Taliban protection schemes, suggesting they are fundamentally markets.

"

Shortland has written a book called Kidnap Inside the Ransom Business.

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