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Crime Statistics > Kidnappings (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  United Kingdom:3,261 kidnappings 
#2  South Africa:3,071 kidnappings 
#3  Canada:2,933 kidnappings 
#4  Belgium:994 kidnappings 
#5  Tunisia:555 kidnappings 
#6  Peru:491 kidnappings 
#7  Portugal:432 kidnappings 
#8  Romania:383 kidnappings 
#9  Kuwait:281 kidnappings 
#10  New Zealand:257 kidnappings 
#11  Japan:205 kidnappings 
#12  Switzerland:203 kidnappings 
#13  Italy:124 kidnappings 
#14  Poland:118 kidnappings 
#15  Saudi Arabia:107 kidnappings 
#16  Germany:88 kidnappings 
#17  Croatia:80 kidnappings 
#18  Chile:74 kidnappings 
#19  Bolivia:46 kidnappings 
#20  Czech Republic:28 kidnappings 
#21  Lithuania:26 kidnappings 
#22  Luxembourg:23 kidnappings 
#23  Azerbaijan:20 kidnappings 
#24  El Salvador:19 kidnappings 
#25  Latvia:16 kidnappings 
#26  Denmark:16 kidnappings 
#27  Costa Rica:16 kidnappings 
#28  Albania:15 kidnappings 
#29  Hungary:15 kidnappings 
#30  Belarus:14 kidnappings 
#31  Cyprus:12 kidnappings 
#32  Slovakia:10 kidnappings 
#33  Austria:9 kidnappings 
#34  Slovenia:8 kidnappings 
#35  Uruguay:8 kidnappings 
#36  Morocco:6 kidnappings 
#37  Oman:5 kidnappings 
#38  Finland:2 kidnappings 
#39  Iceland:2 kidnappings 
Total: 13,973 kidnappings  
Weighted average: 358.3 kidnappings  


DEFINITION: Total recorded kidnappings. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.

SOURCE: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)

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Andrew Charnley
14th August 2005
Indeed - what about Trinindad with 220th murder on Friday 12 August reported in local media. Road accidents are high for the asphelt supplier of 30% of world tarmac roads but 116 road death recorded last week in media. How's Tobago doing with murder rates up for a holiday island..?
Abandoned Returning Home
14th August 2005
Trindad & Tobago have had 37 kinappings reported in the media during 2005 so far (Aug 12th 2005). Their media reported that 100,000 Trinis live in Florida, some to continue running their businesses remotely from the US. The PM of T & T says he does not care they left because they do not feel safe. He needs to be taken to task by the UN whom they take develoment funds from!
Rimma GElenava (Georgia, Tbilisi)
27th March 2007
Abduction of the person has officially been raised in Georgia in 2005 of 81 criminal cases on the fact, and to occur twice more abduction in the country.
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