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2015
The practice of kidnapping for ransom, a pred- atory crime carried out mostly by criminal organizations, is a salient phenomenon in many regions of the world. It causes serious harm not only to victims and their families but also to private and social capital.
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The practice of kidnapping for ransom, a pred- atory crime carried out mostly by criminal organizations, is a salient phenomenon in many regions of the world. It causes serious harm not only to victims and their families but also to private and social capital.
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Abstract This chapter discusses the ransoms paid to airline hijackers. It starts with Arthur Barkley, who demanded a ransom of $100 million after the threat of a gun, a razor, and gasoline in his arsenal. Even though Barkley shot two FBI agents, he was found innocent by reason of insanity.
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Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 1983
The Anglo-Californian engineer, Ernest L. Ransome, has a secure place in the annals of reinforced concrete because of the very large number of patents issued to him in the last two decades of the 19th century. At the end of the sequence, in 1902, comes a patented "system" which foreshadows modern concrete-framed factory-construction.
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The Anglo-Californian engineer, Ernest L. Ransome, has a secure place in the annals of reinforced concrete because of the very large number of patents issued to him in the last two decades of the 19th century. At the end of the sequence, in 1902, comes a patented "system" which foreshadows modern concrete-framed factory-construction.
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Ransom-Ware and the Legal Risks of Ransom Payment
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2023Salman Hashmi, Sana Hashmi
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Between Ransom and Release: Exploring Caringscapes of Ransom Kidnappings by Somali Pirates
Journal of the Middle East and Africa, 2021Brittany Vandeberg, Joshua Wakeham
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