PHILIPPINES - have the highest kidnapping

rates in the world along the

Mexico,Columbia,Guatemala and Brazil.

MANILA – was voted the “kidnap capital of Asia”

by fortune magazine.

KIDNAPPING – is one of the main things that

scares off foreign investors and foreign tourists
thinking about the Philippines.
KIDNAPPING
- has traditionally been regarded by some as
an easy way to make money.
- victims are seized while they are in
vehicles by gunmen who use a truck or other
vehicle to block the vehicle carrying victims.
 ORGANIZED GROUP OF KIDNAPPING

Alex Boncayao Brigade

- has been described as an urban Communist
assassination squad.

Pentagon Gang
- Is made up of rogue Muslim rebels. It was accused
of carrying out 30 abductions between 2000 and
2004.
Southern island of Basilan – is regarded as a
major center for kidnapping.
• 1990s- a number of businessmen were
kidnapped.
• 2000s- terrorist group Abu Sayyaf claimed
credit for many of the crimes.
• 2001- authorities recorded 82 kidnappings,32
deaths by gun shot wounds and 19 beheadings
on Basilan.
“One head in a day for a funeral is O.K.
But when you must suture heads on
four people you knew, you cannot sleep
that night”. Said by a Doctor who was in
charge of sewing back on the heads to
International Herald Tribune.
PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG)
- is primarily responsible for kidnapping
investigations.
- AKG officials report that kidnapping
incidents in Mindanao are most often
perpetrated by Muslim insurgent/terrorist
organizations (ASG, MILF, the Lawless
MILF Group).
February 1,2021 and April 15,2016
- AFP stated that the ASG was holding 13 foreign
hostages kidnapped.
- Perpetrators appear to target local business people
and individuals who are perceived as affluent.
- Criminal groups tend to negotiate for a ransom
within a relatively brief period.
- Victims are often returned to their families after a
ransom has been paid.