Jan 5, 2005
Kidnappings in 2004 were lowest in 10 yrs.
The Manila Times
ABDUCTIONS in the country fell in 2004 to their lowest level in more than a decade, an anticrime watchdog said Monday, in apparent evidence that a government crackdown on kidnap gangs was working.
The Citizens? Action Against Crime said all but one of 94 people kidnapped last year were released safely after paying millions of pesos in ransom. One victim was found murdered in December.
A total of P42 million ($750,000) was paid to kidnap gangs last year, the…
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