Editing List of kidnappings

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The following is a  list of [[kidnapping]]s summarizing the events of each case, including instances of celebrity abductions, claimed hoaxes, suspected kidnappings, extradition abductions, and mass kidnappings.

== By date ==
* [[List of kidnappings before 1900]]
* [[List of kidnappings: 1900–1949]]
* [[List of kidnappings: 1950–1979]]
* [[List of kidnappings: 1980–1989]]
* [[List of kidnappings: 1990–1999]]
* [[List of kidnappings: 2000–2009]]
* [[List of kidnappings: 2010–2019]]
* [[List of kidnappings: 2020–present]]

== Modern kidnappings of celebrities or their relatives ==
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Kidnappers interested in getting a large ransom or a political effect often target celebrities or their relatives. Here are some of the people affected by these crimes:
*[[Mordechai Oren]] was a Jewish politician who was taken hostage in [[Czechoslovakia]] during the [[Cold War]] in 1951 and sentenced to 15 years in prison,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1985-03-01 |title=Mordechai Oren Dies; Israeli Jailed by Czechs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/01/world/mordechai-oren-dies-israeli-jailed-by-czechs.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> before being released.
*[[Leon Ames]]: Film and television actor who, together with his wife, was held hostage at their home on 12 February 1964. They were rescued by police, who had been alerted to the case by his business partner.<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Rieder |first1 = Ron |title = Kidnap, Free Mrs. Leon Ames |newspaper = The van Nuys News |url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3148034/the_van_nuys_news/ |agency = The Van Nuys News |date = 13 February 1964 |pages = 1, 18 |via = [[Newspapers.com]] |access-date = 2 September 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref>
*[[Leonard Firestone]] (57–58), American businessman, philanthropist, diplomat was the target of an aborted kidnapped plan that was to take place in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899100,00.html |title = Milestones: Mar. 11, 1966 – TIME |date = 28 October 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101028130246/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899100,00.html |archive-date = 28 October 2010 }}</ref>
*[[Cindy Birdsong]]: A member of the [[Motown]] supergroup [[The Supremes]]. Birdsong was kidnapped in December 1969, aged 30, at knife-point from her Hollywood apartment and escaped two hours later by jumping from the car at a freeway exit.<ref>{{Cite web |title = The Supreme's Cindy Birdsong Kidnapped At Knife Point; Dramatic Escape – RareSoul.com |url = http://raresoul.com/the-supremes-cindy-birdsong-kidnapped-at-knife-point-dramatic-escape/ |access-date = 19 January 2022 |language = en-US }}</ref> Charles Collier, the handyman at Birdsong's apartment, was later convicted of the kidnapping.
*[[Karl von Spreti]]: [[West-Germany]]'s ambassador to [[Guatemala]], was kidnapped in 1970 in [[Guatemala City]] and later murdered.<ref>{{cite book |title = The United Nations and Terrorism. Germany, Multilateralism, and Antiterrorism Efforts in the 1970s |last = Blumenau |first = Bernhard |publisher = Palgrave Macmillan |year = 2014 |isbn = 978-1-137-39196-4 |location = Basingstoke |pages = 41–45 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Guatemalans Seize Bonn Envoy |newspaper = The Washington Post |date = 1 April 1970 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Guatemalans Kill Bonn Envoy After Ransom Bid Is Refused |newspaper = The Washington Post |date = 6 April 1970 }}</ref>
*[[Yoko Ono]]: Her second husband [[Anthony Cox (producer)|Anthony Cox]] abducted their daughter [[Kyoko Chan Cox]] in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |date = 14 April 2020 |title = John Lennon: Why He Called a Yoko Ono Song 1 of the 'Best' Rock Songs |url = https://bigworldtale.com/music/john-lennon-why-he-called-a-yoko-ono-song-1-of-the-best-rock-songs/ |access-date = 21 January 2022 |website = Big World Tale |language = en-US }}</ref> Ono and her daughter were finally reunited in 1997.
*Escort Ian Ball had attempted to kidnap [[Anne, Princess Royal#Kidnapping attempt|Anne, Princess Royal]] on 20 March 1974<ref name="bbc1974">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/20/newsid_2524000/2524489.stm|title=On This Day > 20 March > 1974: Kidnap attempt on Princess Anne|work=BBC|access-date=22 October 2008|date=20 March 1974|archive-date=17 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217193111/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/20/newsid_2524000/2524489.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> while she and Mark Phillips had left a charity event and were returning home to [[Buckingham Palace]]. His plan to do so proved unsuccessful.
*[[Choi Eun-hee]] and [[Shin Sang-ok]] were [[Abduction of Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee|kidnapped]] in Hong Kong by North Korean spies in 1978 and taken to North Korea under the orders of [[Kim Jong Il]], who wanted to use the then-divorced couple to improve North Korean cinema. After Shin directed ''[[Pulgasari]]'' and six other films for Kim, he and Choi escaped North Korean surveillance in 1986.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gorenfeld |first=John |date=4 April 2003 |title=Kidnapped by Kim Jong-il: the man who directed the socialist Godzilla |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/apr/04/artsfeatures1 |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 March 2015 |title=A Hong Kong kidnap: how Kim Jong-il had South Korea's top actress abducted from Repulse Bay |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/1746320/hong-kong-kidnap-how-kim-jong-il-had-south-koreas-top |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=[[South China Morning Post]]}}</ref>
*[[Chris Cramer]]: British news journalist and executive for [[BBC]] who was one of the 25 hostages held during the [[Iranian Embassy siege]].<ref>{{Cite web |first = Michael |last = Holmes |title = Chris Cramer, veteran journalist and former CNN executive, dies aged 73 |url = https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/17/media/chris-cramer-death-intl/index.html |access-date = 20 January 2022 |website = CNN |date = 17 January 2021 }}</ref> Cramer was released on 1 May 1980, after falsely complaining that he felt ill, and later provided information on the situation.
*Jorge and Juan Born (1974), scions of the [[Bunge and Born|Bunge y Born]] business, were kidnapped in September by the [[Montoneros]] and only released after the payment of a $60 million ransom.<ref>{{Cite news |first = Jonathan |last=Kandell |date = 21 June 1975 |title = Argentine Ransom Is Put at $60-Million |language = en-US |work = The New York Times |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/21/archives/argentine-ransom-is-put-at-60million.html |access-date = 7 March 2022 |issn = 0362-4331 }}</ref>
*[[Cory Quirino]] (42), Filipino TV host and broadcaster who was abducted on 24 September 1995 in [[Laguna (province)|Laguna]], Philippines by five armed gunmen who killed her driver. She was eventually rescued when the getaway car ran into a police roadblock, and her kidnappers fled the scene.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.pep.ph/guide/tv/4621/cory-quirino-recalls-kidnapping-ordeal-on-i-survived |title = Cory Quirino recalls kidnapping ordeal on I Survived |publisher = Philippine Entertainment Portal |date = 3 September 2009 }}</ref>
*[[Jessica Alba]], actress and businesswoman who was kidnapped and held captive for 14 hours in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchinson |first=Emily |date=2022-12-05 |title=The Terrifying Story Of How Jessica Alba Got Kidnapped |url=https://www.nickiswift.com/1126304/the-terrifying-story-of-how-jessica-alba-got-kidnapped/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Nicki Swift |language=en-US}}</ref> She was later discovered bound, blindfolded and gagged, but her kidnapper was never brought to trial and the case was dropped.
*[[Jorge Campos]] (footballer): In 1999, his father was kidnapped and later found alive in [[Acapulco]], Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Campos' Father Kidnapped {{!}} Sports {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1999/2/18/campos-father-kidnapped-pacapulco-mexico-men-armed/|access-date=21 January 2022|website=The Harvard Crimson}}</ref>
*[[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]] (born Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju), an actor and singer in Kannada film industry, was [[Kidnapping of Rajkumar|kidnapped]] from the actor's house at [[Gajanur, Tamil Nadu|Gajanur]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] on 30 July 2000, along with his son-in-law Govindaraju and two others. He was released unharmed on 15 November 2000, after 108 days of captivity.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.news18.com/news/movies/generations-to-come-will-marvel-at-the-brilliance-of-dr-rajkumar-the-ultimate-kannada-superstar-2590541.html |title = Generations to Come Will Marvel at the Brilliance of Dr Rajkumar, the Ultimate Kannada Superstar |website = News18 |date = 24 April 2020 }}</ref>
*[[Françoise Claustre]]: French archaeologist who was kidnapped in [[Chad]] by guerillas led by [[Hissène Habré]].<ref>{{Cite news |first = James F. |last=Clarity |date = 14 September 1975 |title = French Stirred by Chad Captive |language = en-US |work = The New York Times |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/14/archives/french-stirred-by-chad-captive-french-are-stirred-by-plight-of.html |access-date = 21 January 2022 |issn = 0362-4331 }}</ref> Her husband, Pierre, was the head of the French foreign aid mission in Chad and was also taken hostage when he tried to secure her release.
*Baron [[Édouard-Jean Empain]]: Industrialist who was [[Empain affair|kidnapped]] for ransom.<ref name="empain">According to Édouard-Jean Empain in the documentary ''L'Enlèvement du baron Empain'' – "{{Ill|Faites entrer l'accusé|fr}}" (2005).</ref> His captors cut off one of his fingers in order to bring proof that they held him. He was later released.
*[[John Paul Getty III]], kidnapped in Italy in 1973.<ref name="Gucci2016">{{cite book |author = Gucci, Patricia |author-link = Patricia Gucci |title = In the Name of Gucci: A Memoir |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=xdNfCgAAQBAJ |date = 10 May 2016 |publisher = Crown/Archetype |isbn = 978-0-8041-3894-9 }}</ref> His grandfather, the then world's richest man, American multi-billionaire oil tycoon, [[J. Paul Getty]], refused to pay his $3 million ransom until one of the boy's ears was cut off and sent to a newspaper.
*[[Kidnapping of Freddy Heineken|Freddy Heineken]] (1983): Chairman of the board of directors and CEO of the brewing company [[Heineken N.V.|Heineken International]] and his driver Ab Doderer, were kidnapped between 9 and 30 November 1983 in Amsterdam.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/567104/Freddy-Heineken-abduction-new-film-with-Anthony-Hopkins |title = Kidnapping of Freddy Heineken- the beer tycoon |date = 30 March 2015 |publisher = Express |language = en |access-date = 23 July 2016 }}</ref>
*[[Jennifer Hudson]]: Her nephew was kidnapped after her mother and brother were shot to death. He was later found dead.<ref>{{cite news |date = 24 October 2008 |title = Jennifer Hudson's Mom, Brother Shot to Death |work = [[KLTA]] News |url = http://www.ktla.com/landing_topstories/?Jennifer-Hudsons-Mom-Brother-Shot-to-Dea=1&blockID=117236&feedID=1198 |access-date = 25 October 2008 }} {{dead link|date=May 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[Julio Iglesias]]: His father was kidnapped in 1985, but was found alive and healthy.<ref>{{Cite web |title = Singer's father freed from kidnappers |url = https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/01/17/Singers-father-freed-from-kidnappers/3167380091600/ |access-date = 21 January 2022 |website = UPI |language = en }}</ref>
*[[Charles Lindbergh]]: The aviator's two-year-old son, Charles Jr., was kidnapped in 1932<ref name="nj.com">Gill, Barbara. [http://www.nj.com/lindbergh/hunterdon/index.ssf?/lindbergh/stories/demcovr.html "Lindbergh kidnapping rocked the world 50 years ago"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212905/http://www.nj.com/lindbergh/hunterdon/index.ssf?%2Flindbergh%2Fstories%2Fdemcovr.html |date=3 March 2016 }}. ''[[The Hunterdon County Democrat]]'', 1981. Retrieved: 30 December 2008.</ref> and was killed. [[Bruno Hauptmann]] was arrested and executed for the crime, but concerns remain regarding Hauptmann's guilt and the fairness of the trial (see ''[[Lindbergh kidnapping]]'').
*[[Madonna]]: American singer-songwriter and actress who was supposedly tied to a chair and held captive by ex-husband [[Sean Penn]] at their house in [[Malibu, California]] home on 28 December 1989. She has categorically denied that this incident has occurred, and the couple later separated.<ref>{{Cite web |last = Konda |first = Kelly |date = 24 March 2015 |title = About That One Time Sean Penn Tied Madonna to a Chair & Tormented Her for Hours |url = https://weminoredinfilm.com/2015/03/24/about-that-one-time-sean-penn-tied-madonna-to-a-chair-tormented-her-for-hours/ |access-date = 19 January 2022 |website = We Minored in Film |language = en }}</ref>
*[[Koila Nailatikau|Adi Koila Mara Nailatikau]]: First daughter of [[Fiji]] and senator,<ref>{{Cite web |last = chrismoffat |title = Adi Koila Nailatikau |url = https://commonwealthoralhistories.org/explandict/adi-koila-nailatikau/ |access-date = 7 March 2022 |website = Commonwealth Oral History Project |language = en-US }}</ref> was kidnapped during a coup against her father. Her kidnappers had threatened to kill her, but she was returned alive.
*[[Veruska Ramirez]], former Miss Venezuela, kidnapped in 2003 and released three hours later after signing fifteen autographs for her captors.<ref>{{Cite web |last = Harris |first = Scott |title = Brazilian Police Arrest Suspect in Vitor Belfort's Sister's Murder |url = https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1714149-brazilian-police-arrest-suspect-in-vitor-belforts-sisters-murder |access-date = 3 August 2021 |website = Bleacher Report |language = en }}</ref>
*[[David Letterman]]: In 2005, FBI agents and Montana authorities foiled a kidnapping of Letterman's son from his [[Choteau, Montana]] home.<ref>{{Cite web |title = Letterman Tot Kidnap Plot Foiled |url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/letterman-tot-kidnap-plot-foiled/ |access-date = 19 January 2022 |website = www.cbsnews.com |date = 17 March 2005 |language = en-US }}</ref>
*[[Riddick Bowe]] ([[Boxing|boxer]]): Former world [[heavyweight]] champion kidnapped his estranged wife, Judy, and their five children from [[North Carolina]] in February 1998,<ref name=ABCNews>{{cite news |url = https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=99725&page=1 |title = Riddick Bowe Facing 2 Years in Prison |publisher = ABC News |date = 13 July 2001 |access-date = 30 April 2013 }}</ref> hoping to reconcile his marriage. Police captured Bowe in [[South Hill, Virginia]], freeing his family.
*[[Cesar Rosas]]: Member of [[Los Lobos]] whose wife, Sandra, was kidnapped on 23 October 1999 and later found dead.<ref>{{cite web |author = Unknown |title = Police Discover Body of Los Lobos Wife |publisher = VH1 |date = 30 November 2000 |url = http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1437136/20001130/los_lobos.jhtml |archive-url = https://archive.today/20071001090441/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1437136/20001130/los_lobos.jhtml |url-status = dead |archive-date = 1 October 2007 |access-date = 3 October 2018 }}</ref> Gabriel Gómez was accused and sentenced for her kidnapping and murder.
*[[Georgiy Gongadze]]: Prominent [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] journalist kidnapped and later found beheaded in 2000.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NI1G_9j1AhcC&q=Kuchma+edited&pg=PA504 Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2004] ([[Europa Publications]]), [[Routledge]], 12 December 2003, {{ISBN|1-85743-187-1}} (page 504)</ref> His disappearance has triggered a major [[political]] and [[Diplomacy|diplomatic]] scandal also involving the United States and other Western countries. No details of the crime have been revealed yet.
*[[Susan Enriquez]], a Filipina journalist, news presenter, radio and television host who was kidnapped on 20 April 2000 in [[Basilan]] by [[Abu Sayyaf]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/06/12/08/abu-sayyaf-abducted-20-journalists-2000|title=Abu Sayyaf abducted 20 journalists since 2000|website=ABS-CBN News|access-date=July 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cmfr-phil.org/press-freedom-protection/press-freedom/foreign-journalist-filipino-crew-missing-in-jolo/|title=Foreign journalist, Filipino crew missing in Jolo {{!}} CMFR|website=cmfr-phil.org|date=June 18, 2012 |access-date=July 24, 2019}}</ref> but was later released.
*[[Daryush Shokof]]: The artist-filmmaker was kidnapped after he screened his films ''Iran Zendan'' and ''Hitler's Grave'' that portrayed the horrible situations of Iranian [[political prisoner]]s in Iran and under the Islamic republic Regime of Iran in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. He said he was held by Arabic speaking men for 12 days and was released after agreeing not to publicize the films. He was later thrown into the Rhine river in [[Cologne]], [[Germany]]. The German Police debates the validity of the incident up to this date.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/2010/06/100617_u01-filmmaker.shtml |title = BBC فارسی – فرهنگ و هنر – معمای فیلمساز ایرانی مقیم آلمان |language = Persian |work = bbc.co.uk |date = 17 June 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.rundschau-online.de/lokales/wende-im-fall-shokof-entfuehrung-war-vorgetaeuscht,15185494,15331088.html |title = Wende im Fall Shokof: Entführung war vorgetäuscht |date = 16 March 2011 |language = German |first = Daniel |last = Taab |work = rundschau-online.de |access-date = 20 January 2022 |archive-date = 22 February 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222181938/http://www.rundschau-online.de/lokales/wende-im-fall-shokof-entfuehrung-war-vorgetaeuscht,15185494,15331088.html |url-status = dead }}</ref>
*[[Frank Sinatra Jr.]] (1963), son of [[Frank Sinatra]], was kidnapped<ref name=kidnapping>{{cite web |url = http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/outlaws/frank_sinatra_jr/1_index.html |title = The Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr. – The Snatch |website = Crime Library on Trutv.com |date = 8 December 1963 |access-date = 7 June 2011 }}</ref> by Barry Keenan and Joe Amsler and released after a ransom of $240,000 was paid a few days later. Most of the ransom money was recovered.
*[[Johnny Tapia]]: The world boxing champion saw his mother raped and kidnapped when he was 8 years old.<ref>{{Cite news |last = Martin |first = Douglas |date = 28 May 2012 |title = Johnny Tapia, Champion Boxer Amid Chaos, Dies at 45 |language = en-US |work = The New York Times |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/sports/johnny-tapia-champion-boxer-amid-chaos-dies-at-45.html |access-date = 7 March 2022 |issn = 0362-4331 }}</ref> He was hiding when he witnessed the assault. His mother's body was found on a road days later.
*[[Thalía]]: The Mexican diva's sisters, Ernestina Sodi and actress [[Laura Zapata]], were kidnapped, but later both released alive.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/29/world/world-briefing-the-americas-mexico-kidnapped-writer-freed.html |title = The Americas: Mexico: Kidnapped Writer Freed |date = 29 October 2002 |work = [[The New York Times]] |access-date = 15 November 2010 }}</ref>
*[[Benedict Cumberbatch]] and two acquaintances were kidnapped by six armed men in South Africa in 2005 while filming the miniseries ''To the End of the Earth''. The trio were released unharmed shortly thereafter.<ref>{{cite news |title=Benedict Cumberbatch Reveals He Was Once Abducted in South Africa |publisher=[[The State Journal-Register]] |date=13 September 2013|url=https://eu.sj-r.com/story/entertainment/television/2013/09/13/benedict-cumberbatch-reveals-he-was/43796828007/| access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref>
*[[Rubén Omar Romano]], Argentine soccer coach, was kidnapped in Mexico on 19 July 2005<ref name=Orihuela>{{Cite web |url = https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/man-gets-26-years-for-romano-kidnap |title = Man gets 26 years for Romano kidnap |website = amp.foxsports.com }}</ref> and rescued two months later.
*[[Steven Adler]] (42), former [[Guns N' Roses]] drummer was kidnapped by his brother Jamie Adler on 22 March 2007 and taken to [[Los Angeles]], California<ref>{{Cite web |author=A. O. L. Staff|date=2023-05-26 |title=Sweet brother of mine: The wild, untold story of how Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler was kidnapped by his sibling to break heroin addiction |url=https://www.aol.com/entertainment/sweet-brother-mine-wild-untold-234022254.html |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=www.aol.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and held and released after 30 days in an attempt to get him off drugs.
*[[Thiago da Silva (footballer, born 1983)|Thiago da Silva]] (25), Brazilian [[association football|footballer]] who was kidnapped in [[Rio de Janeiro]] on 24 September 2008 and while trying to escape was shot multiple times which caused him to die six days later.<ref>"[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/25/content_10108004.htm Football player Silva dies in hospital days after assassination attempt]." ''[[Xinhua News]]''. 25 September 2008.</ref>
*[[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]] (25), a singer-songwriter, had alleged that in 2010 she had been kidnapped,<ref>{{Cite web |date = 7 April 2020 |title = Singer Duffy Gives New Details About Being Drugged, Kidnapped, And Raped |url = https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/singer-duffy-details-being-drugged-kidnapped-and-raped |access-date = 15 January 2023 |website = Oxygen Official Site |language = en-US }}</ref> raped, and drugged, and managed to escape. She has not revealed the kidnappers' identities or the location of the alleged crimes.
*[[Alex Band]]: Singer-songwriter best known as the guitarist for [[The Calling (band)|The Calling]], Band was reportedly robbed, beaten and then abandoned near some train tracks by two unidentified assailants on 18 August 2013. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was treated and later released.<ref>{{Cite web |last = Sacks |first = Ethan |title = The Calling singer Alex Band severely beaten after being abducted in van: report |url = https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/calling-singer-abducted-severely-beaten-report-article-1.1430679 |access-date = 10 September 2021 |website = nydailynews.com |date = 20 August 2013 }}</ref>
*[[Victor Li Tzar-kuoi]], son of the Hong Kong tycoon, [[Li Ka Shing]]: Kidnapped by [[Cheung Chi Keung]], AKA "Big Spender".<ref name=Advice>[http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1368203/kidnapper-asked-me-financial-advice-says-tycoon-li-ka-shing "Kidnapper of Li Ka-shing's son rang tycoon to ask where he should invest HK$1billion ransom."] Mimi Lau. ''[[South China Morning Post]].'' 29 November 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2017.</ref> He was released after the [[world record]] payment of a HK$1,000,000,000 (US$134,000,000) ransom. Cheung was later captured and executed in [[Guangzhou]] in 2000.
*[[Murder of Pai Hsiao-yen|Pai Hsiao-yen]], daughter of Taiwanese artiste [[Pai Bing-bing]], was kidnapped and subsequently murdered in April 1997. In a year-long hunt, with the kidnappers committing a further series of crimes and suicide upon arrest, Chen Chien-hsing, the mastermind of the kidnapping, was finally arrested in November after perpetrating [[Alexander family hostage crisis|a hostage incident]], and was subsequently executed. The case received notoriety due to the poor media ethics conducted, among these which resulted in unsuccessful ransom negotiations.<ref name="Despair">{{cite news |author1 = Healy, Tim |author2 = Underwood, Laurie |date = 16 May 1997 |title = A mother's despair |newspaper = [[Asiaweek]] |url = http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/97/0516/feat1.html |access-date = 29 September 2010 |archive-date = 23 February 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140223203645/http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/97/0516/feat1.html |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title = AsiaNow – Asiaweek |url = http://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/97/0516/feat1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180226055624/http://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/97/0516/feat1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 26 February 2018 |access-date = 17 April 2022 |website = CNN }}</ref><ref name=":7">{{cite news |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date = 19 November 1997 |title = Murder suspect takes 3 South Africans hostage in Taiwan |newspaper = Herald-Journal |agency = AP |url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19971119&id=hgUoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=os8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3359,3968835 |access-date = 2 January 2015 }}</ref><ref name="NST98">{{cite news |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date = 26 December 1998 |title = Kidnapper gets death for girl's murder |newspaper = New Straits Times |agency = Reuter |url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19981226&id=BFdIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xRQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6950,4582409 |access-date = 2 January 2015 }}</ref><ref name="TAHR97">{{cite web |author=<!--staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1997 |title=Taiwan Human Rights Report 1997: The Media and Human Rights |url=http://www.tahr.org.tw/site/data/report97/eng97/e06.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041105025449/http://www.tahr.org.tw/site/data/report97/eng97/e06.html |archive-date=5 November 2004 |access-date=5 January 2015 |website=Taiwan Association for Human Rights}}</ref>
*[[Daisy McCrackin]] (37), was kidnapped on 3 May 2017 while in [[Los Angeles]] and held hostage in her own car while be driven around. McCrackin later escaped and her kidnappers are now facing charges.<ref>{{cite news |title = Three people charged with kidnapping of Halloween actress |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44715906 |access-date = 4 July 2018 |agency = BBC }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = Three Charged with Kidnapping Actress, Actor |url = http://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/three-charged-kidnapping-actress-actor |website = Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office |access-date = 4 July 2018 }}</ref>
*[[Einár (rapper)|Einár]]: Swedish rapper who was kidnapped by gang members associated with rival rapper [[Yasin (rapper)|Yasin]] in April 2020. He was later released, but was killed the following year when he was scheduled to testify in the case.<ref>{{Cite web |date = 22 October 2021 |title = Swedish rapper Einar shot dead in suspected gang-related attack |url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/22/swedish-rapper-einar-shot-dead-in-suspected-gang-related-attack |access-date = 25 October 2021 |website = The Guardian |language = en }}</ref>
*Thirteen adult males were arrested on 8 October 2020 by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] as they were plotting to kidnap American politician [[Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot|Gretchen Whitmer]]<ref name="DFP">{{cite news |last1=Egan |first1=Paul |last2=Baldas |first2=Tresa |title='Deeply disturbing': Feds charge six militia members in domestic terror plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer |url=https://eu.freep.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/08/militia-members-charged-plot-against-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer/5923650002/ |access-date=October 8, 2020 |work=[[Detroit Free Press]] |date=October 8, 2020 }}</ref><ref name="WSOCTV">{{cite news |last1=Leone |first1=Jared |title=FBI thwarts militia plot to kidnap Michigan governor |url=https://www.wsoctv.com/news/trending/fbi-thwarts-militia-plot-kidnap-michigan-governor/O7K7A7CZ55GJTC6TQM5DWQNL4U/ |access-date=October 8, 2020 |publisher=[[WSOC-TV]] |date=October 8, 2020 }}</ref> who is the current [[List of governors of Michigan|Governor]] of [[Michigan]]. Another man was later arrested after being accused of having a part in the planned kidnapping.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchinson |first=Derick |date=2020-10-15 |title=Officials charge 14th person linked to domestic terror plot targeting Michigan Gov. Whitmer |url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/10/15/officials-charge-14th-person-linked-to-domestic-terror-plot-targeting-michigan-gov-whitmer/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=WDIV |language=en}}</ref> All men were later charged in court.
*A man from [[Harlow]] plotted to kidnap and murder English television presenter, author and model [[Holly Willoughby#Alleged murder plot|Holly Willoughby]], but his plan was foiled after a tip-off from an undercover law enforcement officer in the United States, with whom he had been communicating regarding the plot. He was arrested on 4 October 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/holly-willoughby-man-charged-over-alleged-plot-to-kidnap-this-morning-presenter-12978022|website=Sky News|date=6 October 2023|title=Holly Willoughby: Man charged over alleged plot to kidnap and murder This Morning presenter|first=Niamh|last=Lynch}}</ref><ref>https://www.essex.police.uk/news/essex/news/news/2024/july/gavin-plumb-sentenced-for-life/</ref>
*A man has threatened to kidnap a U.S. senator from [[Alaska]] on 3 November 2023 who is thought to be [[Lisa Murkowski]] (66),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-03 |title=Alaska man charged after threatening to kidnap and injure a US senator |url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/alaska-man-charged-threatening-kidnap-122328720.html |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=Yahoo Sports |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Kenai man accused of sending threats to U.S. senator | date=November 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtcLW0odndg |access-date=2023-11-11 |language=en}}</ref> but his plans to do so have not happened.

== Faked kidnappings ==
*[[Tawana Brawley rape allegations|Tawana Brawley]], African-American teenager who claimed in November 1987 that she had been abducted, held prisoner and gang-raped by a group of four white men over a four-day period. A grand jury ruled that Brawley had fabricated her story and one of the men accused successfully sued her for defamation.<ref>{{cite news |first=Joseph P.|last=Fried|title=Hoping Brawley Thinks Of 'Damage She Caused'.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E0DB1E3CF931A35750C0A9659C8B63|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 2, 2003 |access-date=March 20, 2007}}</ref>
*[[Jules Croiset]], Dutch actor who faked being kidnapped by [[neo-Nazi]]s in 1987 in order to stir enough outrage to prevent a play he considered to be [[antisemitic]] from being performed.<ref name="Jules Croiset">{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/30/world/dutch-actor-s-tale-exposes-a-nation-s-guilt-about-jews.html |title = Dutch Actor's Tale Exposes A Nation's Guilt About Jews |access-date = 17 March 2012 |work = The New York Times |first = James M. |last = Markham |date = 30 January 1988 }}</ref>
*[[Killing of Timothy Wiltsey#Later developments|Michelle Lodzinski]], staged her kidnapping in [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey|Woodbridge]] in January 1994, three years after the kidnapping of her son, [[Timothy Wiltsey]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/24/nyregion/woman-admits-to-a-judge-she-faked-her-abduction.html |title=Woman Admits to a Judge She Faked Her Abduction |author=Staff |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 24, 1994 |access-date=January 8, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Dar Heatherington]], [[Alberta]] city councillor who claimed to have been abducted in [[Montana]].<ref>{{Cite web |date = 12 March 2013 |title = Alberta man charged with public mischief over fake disappearance |url = https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/alberta-man-charged-with-public-mischief-over-fake-disappearance-1.1192511 |access-date = 6 March 2022 |website = CTVNews |language = en }}</ref>
*Audrey Seiler, a college student from Wisconsin who disappeared on March 27, 2004. She was found four days later after an extensive search. It was later revealed she had fabricated her "abduction".<ref>{{cite news |author=Harter, Kevin |date=April 3, 2005 |title=A year after student faked her own abduction, she's taking life 'step by step' |url=http://wcfcourier.com/news/breaking_news/a-year-after-student-faked-her-own-abduction-she-s/article_c2f54c7b-80de-5a7a-bd7c-370f700bdb6a.html |access-date=July 5, 2017 |newspaper=The Courier |agency=Knight Ridder Newspapers}}</ref>
*[[Jennifer Wilbanks]], American woman who alleged that she was kidnapped as an excuse for her running away from her own wedding in late April 2005, in the [[Runaway bride case]].<ref>Michelle Fabio (December 2009). "Runaway Bride? Why Georgia Isn't Letting Her Off the Hook…" LegalZoom. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-07.</ref>
*Quinn Gray, resident of [[Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida]] who disappeared over [[Labor Day]] weekend in 2009 and left a ransom note behind demanding $50,000 for her return. Was found four days later and revealed to have used the hoax for extortion in [[collusion]] with her boyfriend, Jasmin Osmanovic. Osmanivoc pleaded guilty, Gray [[No-contest clause|no contest]]; both sentenced to probation with fines to repay the cost of the investigation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2019/09/16/quinn-gray-saga-story-behind-ponte-vedra-housewife-who-faked-her-own-kidnapping/984758007/|title=Quinn Gray saga: The story behind the Ponte Vedra housewife who faked her own kidnapping|website=Florida Times-Union|date=16 September 2019|access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2011/02/11/quinn-gray-gets-seven-years-probation/10862270007/|title=Quinn Gray gets seven years probation|website=Florida Times-Union|date=11 February 2011|access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/quinn-gray-kidnap-hoax/|title=Quinn Gray Kidnap Hoax?|website=CBS News|date=3 November 2009|access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.grunge.com/978638/the-quinn-gray-kidnapping-hoax-was-like-a-real-life-gone-girl/|title=The Quinn Gray Kidnapping Hoax Was Like a Real Life Gone Girl|website=Grunge|date=24 August 2022|access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[Somália (footballer, born 1984)|Somália]], Brazilian footballer who falsely claimed in 2011 that he had been kidnapped. It was proved that he was running late for a training session and tried to avoid a 40% wage cut for tardiness.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-12141153 |title = Brazil police say footballer Somalia faked his kidnap |date = 7 January 2011 |access-date = 31 July 2019 |work = BBC News }}</ref>
*[[Sherri Papini kidnapping hoax|Sherri Papini]], California woman whose 2016 disappearance became a national news story, later arrested and convicted of faking her abduction.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62957627|title=Sherri Papini: US woman who staged her own disappearance sentenced to 18 months|work=BBC News|date=19 September 2022|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
*Breana Harmon Talbott, 19-year-old white woman who falsely claimed to have been kidnapped and gang-raped by three black men. She confessed to faking her kidnapping two weeks later after inconsistencies in her story were highlighted and pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/breana-harmon-false-rape-jail_n_5a958207e4b03a8f3a22f390|title=No Prison For Texas Teen Who Lied About Being Raped By 3 Black Men|work=Huffington Post|date=27 February 2018|access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref>
*[[Carlee Russell disappearance hoax|Carlee Russell]], Alabama nursing student who disappeared for 49 hours in July 2023 and contacted police claiming she had been abducted. She later admitted to faking her abduction and was convicted of false reporting.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.al.com/news/2023/10/carlee-russell-found-guilty-in-faked-hoover-abduction-judge-recommends-year-in-jail-18000-restitution.html |title=Woman who faked abduction in Alabama found guilty |date=October 11, 2023 |work= |access-date=October 11, 2023}}</ref>

== Suspected kidnappings ==
* [[Sodder children disappearance|Sodder children]], five children reported missing after a suspicious fire at their family home. They were officially declared dead, but it is widely believed that they survived and were abducted by persons unknown.<ref>{{cite news|last=Abbott|first=Karen|title=The Children Who Went Up In Smoke|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/|newspaper=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]|date=December 25, 2012|access-date=December 2, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Helen Brach]], millionaire owner of a candy company; an informant claimed she was kidnapped after leaving the [[Mayo Clinic]], then murdered; her remains have never been located.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-25/news/ct-met-helen-brach-ruby-ring-20111124_1_frank-brach-joe-plemmons-jack-matlick |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120128001041/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-25/news/ct-met-helen-brach-ruby-ring-20111124_1_frank-brach-joe-plemmons-jack-matlick |url-status = dead |archive-date = 28 January 2012 |title = A ring that one man claimed belonged to candy heiress Helen Brach is at the Glenview Police Department; some consider it proof of how she was murdered |work = Chicago Tribune |access-date = 9 March 2016 }}</ref>
* [[Hassani Campbell]], 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, went missing in [[Oakland, California]] on 10 August 2009. Hassani's foster father, Louis Ross, said he left Hassani waiting at the back of the shoe store where Hassani's aunt, Jennifer Campbell, worked while he went around to the front of the store with Hassani's younger sister.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/campbell_hasanni.html |title = The Charley Project: Hasanni Jamil Campbell |last = Good |first = Meaghan Elizabeth |website = www.charleyproject.org |access-date = 9 March 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170804062204/http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/campbell_hasanni.html |archive-date = 4 August 2017 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
*[[Haleigh Cummings]], the child, according to news reports from CNN and other major television news sources, was being watched by the girlfriend, later wife, of her father, Ronald Cummings, when she disappeared from her mobile home in [[Putnam County, Florida|Satsuma, Florida]] in February 2009. Two persons of interest in the still unsolved kidnapping were implicated in a drug sting in January 2010, renewing interest in the case.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/21/florida.haleigh.dad.arrested/index.html?iref=allsearch |work = CNN |title = Missing Haleigh's dad, his ex-wife arrested in drug sting |date = 22 January 2010 }}</ref>
*[[Jimmy Hoffa]], disappeared and declared legally dead.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,917718-3,00.html |magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] |title = Investigations: Hoffa Search: 'Looks Bad Right Now' |date = 18 August 1975 |access-date = 6 May 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100617053839/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,917718-3,00.html |archive-date = 17 June 2010 |url-status = dead }}</ref> Several rumors and theories, including an alleged kidnapping, surfaced in later years.
*[[Aimee Semple McPherson]], evangelist who maintained she was kidnapped and held for ransom from 18 May through 23 June 1926 until she escaped. A grand jury inquiry instead charged her with fabricating it. Charges against McPherson were dropped for lack of evidence. No indictments against her described kidnappers were pursued.<ref>{{cite book |author = Sutton, Matthew Avery |title = Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America |url = https://archive.org/details/aimeesemplemcphe00sutt_0 |url-access = registration |location = Cambridge, MA |publisher = Harvard University Press |date = 2007 |pages = [https://archive.org/details/aimeesemplemcphe00sutt_0/page/107 107], 133–134, 136 |isbn = 978-0-674-02531-8 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author = Thomas |title = Vanishing Evangelist |pages = 101, 176 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author = Cox, Raymond L. |title = The Verdict is In |publisher = R.L. Cox and Heritage Committee |location = California |date = 1983 |pages = 184, 214 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author = Epstein, Daniel Mark |title = Sister Aimee: The Life of Aimee Semple McPherson |url = https://archive.org/details/sisteraimeelifeo00epst |url-access = registration |location = Orlando |publisher = Harcourt Brace & Company |year = 1993 |page = [https://archive.org/details/sisteraimeelifeo00epst/page/312 312] |isbn = 978-0-15-182688-9 }}</ref><ref>The People vs. Aimee Semple McPherson, et al., Case CR 29181, 10 January 1927, Superior Court of Los Angeles County, County records and Archives</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1 = Shuler, Robert |title = Fighting Bob Shuler of Los Angeles |publisher = Dog Ear Publishing |date = 2012 |page = 178 }}</ref>
*[[Disappearance of Cédrika Provencher|Cédrika Provencher]], 10-year-old girl from [[Trois-Rivières]], Canada went missing on 31 July 2007. Her remains were discovered on 11 December 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/cedrika-provencher-body-found-1.3362906 |title = Police find body of Cédrika Provencher, girl missing since 2007 |work = CBC |location = Canada |access-date = 9 March 2016 }}</ref>
*[[Tabitha Tuders]], 13-year-old girl from [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], Tennessee disappeared on her way to board the school bus on April 29, 2003.  An neighbour claims to have seen her getting in a car with a man. She has not been seen nor heard from since then.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tabitha Danielle Tuders – The Charley Project |url=https://charleyproject.org/case/tabitha-danielle-tuders |access-date=2024-05-12 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tabitha Danielle Tuders |url=https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/tabitha-danielle-tuders |website=[[FBI]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Apple |first=Alex |date=2019-02-18 |title=New leads in Tabitha Tuders case point detectives back to Nashville |url=https://fox17.com/news/local/new-leads-in-tabitha-tuders-case-point-detectives-back-to-nashville |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=WZTV |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=WZTV |date=2024-04-29 |title=21 years ago, Tabitha Tuders went missing from her east Nashville neighborhood |url=https://fox17.com/news/local/21-years-ago-tabitha-tuders-went-missing-from-her-east-nashville-neighborhood-missing-person-tbi-fbi-reward-hickman-county-metro-police |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=WZTV |language=en}}</ref>

== Kidnapping in lieu of extradition ==
:''See main article: [[Extradition#Abductions|Extradition and abduction]]''
*[[Humberto Álvarez Machaín]], from [[Mexico]] to the [[United States]] by locals hired by the U.S. [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] in 1990.<ref>Philip Shenon, "U.S. Says It Won't Return Mexican Doctor Linked to Drug Killing", ''[[The New York Times]]'', 21 April 1990</ref>
*[[Jabez Balfour]], from [[Argentina]] to the [[United Kingdom]] in 1895.<ref>Ethan Avram Nadelmann, ''Cops Across Borders: The Internationalization of U.S. Criminal Law Enforcement'', Penn State Press (1993), page 59.</ref>
*[[Ronnie Biggs]], from [[Brazil]] to the United Kingdom by independent [[bounty hunters]] in 1981.<ref>Ronnie Biggs & Chris Packard (17 November 2011). Odd Man Out – The Last Straw. M Press. ISBN 978-0-9570398-2-7.</ref>
*[[Adolf Eichmann]], from Argentina to [[Israel]] in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web |date = 27 January 2021 |title = The Hangman of Eichmann |url = https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/332088/the-hangman-of-eichmann/ |access-date = 6 March 2022 |website = Jewish Journal |language = en-US }}</ref>
*[[Bill Haywood]], [[Charles Moyer]] and [[George Pettibone]] from Colorado to Idaho in 1906.<ref>{{cite book|last=Carlson|first=Peter|title=Roughneck: The Life and Times of Big Bill Haywood|url=https://archive.org/details/roughnecklifetim0000carl|url-access=registration|date=1983|isbn=0393302083|publisher=[[W. W. Norton and Company]]}}</ref>
*[[Mir Aimal Kansi]], from [[Pakistan]] to the United States in 1997.<ref name="dt">Hasan, K. "[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_23-6-2004_pg7_36 How Aimal Kansi was betrayed]", ''Daily Times (Pakistan)'', 23 June 2004. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129042158/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_23-6-2004_pg7_36 |date=29 January 2008}}</ref>
*[[Andrew Luster]], from Mexico to the United States by [[Duane Chapman]] ("Dog the Bounty Hunter") in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/oct/04/2 |title = Max Factor heir to pay damages |work = The Guardian |date = 4 October 2003 |access-date = 28 July 2015 }}</ref>
*[[Los Angeles Times bombing|J.B. McNamara]] and Ortie McManigal, from Michigan to Illinois in 1911.<ref>Taft, Philip. The A.F. of L. in the Time of Gompers. Hardback reprint. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. p. 277</ref>  
*[[Martin Mubanga]], from [[Zambia]] to [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp|Guantanamo Bay]] by the United States in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title = U.S. Department of Defense |url = https://www.defense.gov/ |access-date = 6 March 2022 |website = U.S. Department of Defense |language = en-US }}</ref>
*[[Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr]], from [[Italy]] to [[Egypt]] by the [[CIA]] in 2005.<ref name="bbc8343123">{{cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8343123.stm |title = CIA agents guilty of Italy kidnap |date = 4 November 2009 |publisher = BBC News |access-date = 4 November 2009 }}</ref>
*[[Jamshid Sharmahd]], from the United Arab Emirates to Iran in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last=Halpern |first=Sam |title=Kidnapped German-Iranian journalist Jamshid Sharmahd to be executed |url=https://www.jpost.com/international/article-732368 |website=Jerusalem Post|date=22 February 2023 }}</ref>
*[[Morton Sobell]], from Mexico to the United States in 1950.<ref>Saxon, Wolfgang (27 April 2002). "Helen L. Sobell, 84, Leader Of Effort to Spare Rosenbergs". New York Times. Retrieved 3 August 2008. "Helen Levitov Sobell, a voice in the struggle to spare Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and free their co-defendant, Morton Sobell, her husband, died on April 15 in Redwood City, Calif. She was 84. She had long been in declining health, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, said her daughter, Sydney Gurewitz Clemens."</ref>
*[[Mordechai Vanunu]], from Italy to Israel in 1986.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/10/world/israel-confirms-it-is-holding-missing-nuclear-technician.html |title = Israel Confirms It Is Holding Missing Nuclear Technician |date = 10 November 1986 |website = The New York Times }}</ref>

== Mass kidnappings ==
*[[Bisbee kidnappings]]: 1,300 striking miners were unlawfully detained by a deputized [[Posse comitatus (common law)|posse]] on orders from Sheriff [[Harry C. Wheeler]] before being loaded onto cattle cars and transported 200 miles to [[New Mexico]]. A Federal investigation found that the victims had been illegally kidnapped.<ref>''Report on the Bisbee Deportations. Made by the President's Mediation Commission to the President of the United States.'' Bisbee, Arizona. November 6, 1917.</ref>
*''[[Heuaktion]]'': 40, 000 to 50, 000 Polish and Ukrainian children aged 10 to 14 were kidnapped by [[Nazi German]] occupation forces and transported to Germany for slave labour at the command of [[Alfred Rosenberg]] and [[Henning von Tresckow]].<ref>''Men of 20 July and the War in the Soviet Union'' [[Christian Gerlach]] in ''War Of Extermination: The German Military In World War II'' page 139</ref>
*[[1976 Chowchilla kidnapping]]: 26 children on a school bus and the bus driver were held in a buried moving van, in a quarry.<ref name="chowchilla history">{{cite web |url = http://www.ci.chowchilla.ca.us/city%20facts/history.htm#1976 |title = Chowchilla City History: 1976 Bus Kidnapping |work = ci.chowchilla.ca.us |publisher = City of Chowchilla, California |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151103185845/http://www.ci.chowchilla.ca.us/city%20facts/history.htm#1976 |archive-date = 3 November 2015 |access-date = 7 April 2016 }}</ref>
*[[December 1998 kidnapping of western tourists in Yemen]]: 16 western tourists were kidnapped while on vacation in Yemen. Four were killed in a botched rescue operation by Yemeni authorities the following day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=At least 4 hostages killed in violent end to Yemen hostage crisis |url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9812/29/yemen.05/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=CNN}}</ref>
*[[2010 Kurram agency mass kidnapping]]: 60 people were taken from the Kurram Tribunial Agency in Pakistan by militants dressed as police officers.<ref name="dawn20100515">{{cite news |title = Militants kidnap 60 in Kurram tribal region |url = http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-kurram-hostage-taking-qs-14 |newspaper = [[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date = 15 May 2010 |access-date = 15 May 2010 <!--DASHBot--> |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100518064344/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-kurram-hostage-taking-qs-14 |archive-date = 18 May 2010 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="bbc1">{{cite news |title = Suspected Pakistan militants 'kidnap 60' in tribal area |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8684460.stm |newspaper = [[BBC]] |date = 15 May 2010 |access-date = 15 May 2010 <!--DASHBot--> |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100518133951/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8684460.stm |archive-date = 18 May 2010 |url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[2014 Chibok kidnapping]]: More than 200 schoolgirls were taken from their school during an exam. The [[Boko Haram]] terrorist group is suspected to have perpetrated the attack.<ref>{{cite news |title = Terrorists kidnap more than 200 Nigerian girls |date = 21 April 2014 |work = USA Today |first = Oren |last = Dorell |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/21/parents-234-girls-kidnapped-from-nigeria-school/7958307/ |access-date = 23 April 2014 }}</ref>
*[[2014 Iguala mass kidnapping]]: 43 male students from a rural school in Mexico were planning to go to a protest in Mexico City when they were shot at by police and taken into custody.<ref name=ibt1>{{cite news |last1 = Laccino |first1 = Ludovica |title = Mexico's 43 Missing Students: Theories Behind Mysterious Disappearance |url = http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mexicos-43-missing-students-theories-behind-mysterious-disappearance-1471291 |access-date = 3 November 2014 |newspaper = [[International Business Times]] |date = 22 October 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141115220137/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mexicos-43-missing-students-theories-behind-mysterious-disappearance-1471291 |archive-date = 15 November 2014 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Mexico: Mayor linked to deadly attack on students |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/23/mexico-mayor-student-attack/17760945/ |access-date = 3 November 2014 |agency = The Associated Press |newspaper = [[USA Today]] |date = 23 October 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141119100825/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/23/mexico-mayor-student-attack/17760945/ |archive-date = 19 November 2014 |url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[Malari kidnapping|2015 Malari kidnapping]]: 40 boys and young men were kidnapped by [[Boko Haram]].<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Abubakar |first1 = Aminu |last2 = Botelho |first2 = Greg |title = Villagers: Boko Haram abducts 40 boys, young men in northeastern Nigeria |url = https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/03/africa/nigeria-boko-haram-kidnapping/index.html |access-date = 4 January 2015 |publisher = CNN |date = 4 January 2015 }}</ref>
*[[Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping|2018 Dapchi kidnapping]]: 110 schoolchildren from their school were kidnapped by [[Boko Haram]].<ref>{{cite web |title = 110 girls missing after Boko Haram attack on school in Nigeria |url = https://news.sky.com/story/over-100-girls-missing-after-boko-haram-attack-in-nigeria-11267647 |access-date = 26 February 2018 |website = Sky News |language = en }}</ref>
*[[Kankara kidnapping|2020 Kankara kidnapping]]: 334 schoolchildren from their school were kidnapped by a criminal gang.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nigeria school abductions sparked by cattle feuds, not extremism, officials say |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-security-kidnappings/nigeria-school-abductions-sparked-by-cattle-feuds-not-extremism-officials-say-idUSKBN28Y0GG |website=Reuters |access-date=24 December 2020 |language=en |date=24 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[Kagara kidnapping|2021 Kagara kidnapping]]: 27 schoolchildren from their school were kidnapped and one killed, three members of the school's staff and 12 of their relatives were also abducted.<ref>{{cite web |title = Dozens of Nigerian students abducted by armed 'bandits' |url = https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/17/unspecified-number-of-nigeria-school-students-reportedly-abducted#:~:text=17%20Feb%202021,bandits%20and%20lost%20his%20life%E2%80%9D. |publisher = [[Al Jazeera English]] |access-date = 17 February 2021 }}</ref>
*[[Zamfara kidnapping|2021 Jangebe kidnapping]]: 279 schoolchildren from their school were kidnapped by armed [[Banditry|bandits]] in Jangebe.<ref>{{Cite web |title = Nigeria: Hundreds of schoolgirls abducted as gunmen attack nearby military site |url = https://news.sky.com/story/nigeria-hundreds-of-schoolgirls-abducted-as-gunmen-attack-nearby-military-site-12229738 |access-date = 26 February 2021 |website = Sky News |language = en }}</ref>
*[[Afaka kidnapping|2021 Afaka kidnapping]]: 39 students (23 females and 16 males) were kidnapped by armed [[Banditry|bandits]] in Afaka.<ref>{{Cite news |date = 12 March 2021 |title = Gunmen abduct 39 students from school in northwest Nigeria |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/gunmen-abduct-30-students-from-school-in-northwest-nigeria/2021/03/12/173f01a0-8329-11eb-be22-32d331d87530_story.html |access-date = 12 March 2021 |newspaper = The Washington Post |language = en-US |archive-date = 20 April 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210420170646/https://www.washingtonpost.com/ |url-status = dead }}</ref>
*[[2021 Pantelhó mass kidnapping]]: 21 residents of Pantelhó, [[Chiapas]], [[Mexico]], were kidnapped by El Machete under the pretext that the abductees were involved in organized crime.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/families-call-for-release-of-21-kidnapped-by-new-self-defense-force-in-chiapas/|title=Families call for release of 21 kidnapped by new self-defense force in Chiapas|date=2021-10-14|access-date=2024-03-21}}</ref>
*[[2021 Haitian missionary kidnappings]]: 17 Christian missionaries, most from United States, one from Canada, were kidnapped for ransom by members of the 400 Mawozo gang.<ref>{{Cite news|title=American missionaries and family members kidnapped in Haiti by '400 Mawozo' gang, groups say|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/17/haiti-american-missionaries-kidnapped/|access-date=2023-03-23|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
* [[Child abductions in the Russo-Ukrainian War]]: At least 16, 000 Ukrainian children have been kidnapped by Russian troops, transferred to Russian-held territory, assigned Russian citizenship, and forcibly adopted by Russian families since the beginning of the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].<ref>{{cite news |date=2023-07-03 |title='Moscow says 700,000 children from Ukraine conflict zones now in Russia'|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moscow-says-700000-children-ukraine-conflict-zones-now-russia-2023-07-03/|work=[[Reuters]] |language=en |quote=Russia has brought some 700,000 children from the conflict zones in Ukraine into Russian territory, Grigory Karasin, head of the international committee in the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, said late on Sunday}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news  |title= 'Deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia is war crime - UN' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64985009|access-date=December 28, 2024 |date=March 17, 2023 |work=[[BBC]] |language=en}} |</ref> The [[International Criminal Court]] accused Russian leader [[Vladimir Putin]] of being responsible for the kidnappings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/17/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-iccs-arrest-warrant-for-putin|title=All you need to know about the ICC's arrest warrant for Putin|date=17 March 2023|work=Al Jazeera}}</ref>
* [[Gaza war hostage crisis]]: around 200 people, mostly Israeli civilians, were kidnapped by Hamas militants on October 7, 2023, and another 50 by other Palestinian militant groups.<ref>{{Cite news |title=For Hostages' Families, an 'Endless Loop of Hope and Despair' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/16/world/asia/israel-hostages-families-hamas-gaza.html|access-date=October 18, 2023 |date=October 16, 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of long-term false imprisonment cases]]

== References ==
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