Editing Kidnapping (section)

===Pirates===
Kidnapping on the high seas in connection with [[piracy]] has been increasing. It was reported that 661 crewmembers were taken hostage and 12 kidnapped in the first nine months of 2009.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 Oct 2009 |title=Unprecedented increase in Somali pirate activity |url=https://www.icc-ccs.org/news/376-unprecedented-increase-in-somali-pirate-activity |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216222747/https://icc-ccs.org/news/376-unprecedented-increase-in-somali-pirate-activity |archive-date=2010-12-16 |access-date=2011-01-09 |publisher=Commercial Crime Services}}</ref> The IMB Piracy Reporting Centre recorded that 141 crew members were taken hostage and 83 were kidnapped in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 16, 2019 |title=IMB piracy report 2018: attacks multiply in the Gulf of Guinea |url=https://www.icc-ccs.org/index.php/1259-imb-piracy-report-2018-attacks-multiply-in-the-gulf-of-guinea |publisher=Commercial Crime Services}}</ref>