Hints and tips:
...PD Ports says the lawsuit is designed “to extract a ransom discount” so it can buy the company on the cheap, an allegation the STDC has denied....
...The other is the Boys’ Own Adventure sort, who may or may not have aged out of a special forces unit but who now finds job satisfaction in “K&R” (kidnap and ransom) cases and extricating westerners from...
...Weakened by corruption scandals, the Temer government was forced to concede the minimum freight price as part of a package of measures, including a diesel fuel subsidy, after truckers held Brazil to ransom...
...The mother-in-law of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been reported kidnapped in São Paulo in what local media claims is the country’s largest ransom case....
...São Paulo police stormed a house in Cotia, an outer suburb of the sprawling South American city, and secured the release of Aparecida Schunck without payment of the R$120m (£28m) demanded as ransom....
...This week, tech groups Verizon and Symantec said hackers were running rampant, holding companies to ransom — creating a vibrant black market in digital skulduggery....
...The last party to hold the entire system to ransom was the Democrats, in 1860. That led to a bloody civil war that paved the way for modern federal government....
...The kidnap and ransom industry, or K&R, is traditionally made up of three components: a security team, an underwriter and a broker....
...The administration thinks of another repatriation holiday as paying ransom to kidnappers....
...After all, not every Bordeaux chateau can charge a king’s ransom. As a result, 2009 has undoubtedly provided genuine opportunities to pick up some bargain buys....
...The company, which has an exclusive deal to provide “kidnapping and ransom”, known as “K&R”, to AIG, the US insurer, says it has five times as many cases now as when it started in 2002....
...The Last Rites of Ransom Pride, with its individuality, boldness and bizarre blend of mythic yarn-spinning, is an extraordinary debut feature....
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