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Philippines Confirms Canadian Hostage Beheaded by Militant Group Abu Sayyaf
| Kat De Guzman | | Jun 14, 2016 06:28 AM EDT |
The Philippines military has confirmed on Tuesday that the Canadian hostage of the militant group Abu Sayyaf has been beheaded after a deadline to pay ransom was not given by the deadline last Monday.
Kidnapper Arrested After Guards Find Abducted Girl in His Backpack
| Julio Cachila | | Apr 22, 2016 03:59 PM EDT |
Security guards were able to apprehend a man believed to be a kidnapper after discovering a young girl lying unconscious inside the man’s backpack.
ISIS' US$200M Ransom Demand May Be Sign Of Financial Woes
| Kat De Guzman | | Jan 21, 2015 01:57 AM EST |
The militants from the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has demanded a US$200M ransom from Japan for the two Japanese hostages and experts are saying that this has revealed the desperation of the group in terms of financial crisis.
Islamic State Demands US$200M for Two Japanese Hostages
| Raymond Legaspi | | Jan 21, 2015 01:01 AM EST |
A masked militant apparently from the Islamic State threatened to kill two Japanese citizens, in a video posted online on Tuesday, unless Japan paid the hostage-takers $200 million in three days.
David Bolam Released, Alleged Paid Ransom Raises Concerns Over Funding Terrorism Activities
| Kat De Guzman | | Oct 06, 2014 12:37 AM EDT |
British hostage David Bolam was released last week by Jeish-al Islam (Army of Islam) and reports have emerged that Bolam's family paid the ransom resulting to concerns being raised that the money might be used by the group for further atrocities.
China Issues Travel Advisory Ordering Its Citizens Not To Travel To The Philippines
| Desiree Sison | | Sep 13, 2014 08:54 AM EDT |
China has issued a travel advisory urging its citizens not to travel to the Philippines
James Foley Family Threatened By Obama Administration With Prosecution Should They Pay Son's Ransom To ISIS
| Desiree Sison | | Sep 13, 2014 05:02 AM EDT |
The Foley family divulged that administration officials and military officers threatened them with prosecution should they pay son's ransom
British PM Cameron: Paying Terrorists Ransom Is ‘Utterly Self-Defeating’
| Kristina Fernandez | | Sep 05, 2014 08:58 AM EDT |
Speaking at the NATO Summit gala dinner Thursday evening, British Prime Minister David Cameron reminded fellow world leaders of their commitment to oppose ransom payments to terror groups like those made last year, calling it self-defeating and risky for the rest of their people back home.
ISIS Earns $125 Million Ransoming Hostages
| David Perry | | Aug 21, 2014 04:37 PM EDT |
In the five years since the emergence of the Islamic State, known in the West as ISIS, the militant Islamist group has earned a staggering $125 million strictly through ransoming hostages
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