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The CEO of a Canadian cryptocurrency firm was kidnapped and held for a $1 million ransom in downtown Toronto during rush hour this week. He was released unharmed after a $1,000,000 ransom was paid.

The German Foreign Ministry on Tuesday recalled Ambassador to Iran Markus Potzel, then summoned Iran’s envoy in Berlin to lodge a formal protest against Iran’s execution of Jamshid Sharmahd, a German citizen who resided in California.

The man who attacked former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) husband, Paul Pelosi, was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday, without the possibility of parole.

French authorities were hunting Tuesday for a 17-day-old prematurely born baby boy who was abducted from the maternity ward of a Paris-region hospital, with his parents identified as the chief suspects.

A six-year-old boy who was abducted in 1951 was found alive more than 70 years later and reunited with his family, who never gave up hope. 

Two Honduran illegal migrants living in New Mexico have been charged for allegedly conspiring to kidnap other migrants to extort their families for ransom, the U.S. ​​Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said Monday.

A Chicago convicted rapist allegedly abducted a nurse from a hospital parking lot at knifepoint and robbed her of her jewelry and money.

Mexican authorities are insinuating that the U.S. government played a role in the alleged kidnapping of a top drug lord who was flown north of the border by his rivals and turned over to authorities. The allegations are part of an ongoing federal kidnapping and treason investigation undertaken by Mexican authorities following the arrest of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, one of the supreme leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel.

A convicted pedophile who kidnapped and sexually assaulted his friend’s five-year-old daughter could be released from prison due to a recent California law change, despite being sentenced to 350 years in jail.

A New York City homeless woman allegedly tried to abduct two toddlers from a Manhattan playground in broad daylight, police saying she has a long criminal record full of assaults.

A Mexican “witch” who reportedly had cartel ties was killed while trying to kidnap a baby to use him as a sacrifice to the patron “saint” of cartels.

A girl is safe thanks to police officers in Fort Worth, Texas, who took swift action when she was allegedly kidnapped from a home early Friday.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) is offering a $10,000 reward for the “animal” who reportedly tied up two 13-year-olds and sexually assaulted one of them.

An illegal alien has been caught in Alleghany County, Virginia, after allegedly abducting an underage girl from Louisiana, police revealed.

Mexican state authorities near Cancun, Quintana Roo, rescued a group of 17 women who were being exploited and sexually trafficked in bars. The women had been lured to the tourist hotspot with promises of jobs at high-end hotels only to be kidnapped and trafficked at local clubs.

Three migrant men from Guatemala have pleaded guilty or been convicted of gang raping a deaf woman after kidnapping her in Santa Fe, New Mexico in June 2021. Another migrant, accused of being the ring leader, has since reportedly fled to Guatemala. 

An illegal alien who was recently released into the United States is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl.

A baby girl who was kidnapped from a New Mexico park where two women and a child were found shot has been located and is safe, police said.

Parents in a Colorado community are outraged after a transgender sex offender allegedly tried to kidnap an elementary schooler during recess after entering the property without a problem.

Three janitors claim the pro-Hamas insurrectionists at Columbia University temporarily held them hostage, reports Fox News.

A Jewish woman was reportedly kidnapped and threatened with being sex trafficked or killed by a man promising to “avenge Palestine”.

Horrifying footage captured Sunday by a doorbell camera in an Oregon neighborhood shows the moment a terrified woman begs for help before being grabbed and dragged away by a man.

Sunday marked the tenth anniversary of the Boko Haram kidnapping of nearly 300 mostly Christian girls from their school in Chibok, Nigeria.

Authorities in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas are waiting for information to determine what happened to a local mayor after a group of villagers violently kidnapped him out of a police car. The villagers put him in another vehicle and fled the scene.

Police arrested a woman on Tuesday who allegedly attempted to kidnap a baby from Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Police say a mother in Queens took matters into her own hands when her teenage daughter was in danger of being kidnapped on January 23.

Three illegal aliens are accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Gunmen who kidnapped 286 students and staff from a school in Nigeria are threatening to kill the hostages unless a ransom is paid.

Haitian gang leader Izo has a resume that includes kidnapping, extortion, savage murders, and a YouTube award for one of his music videos.

Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadis are once more accused of kidnapping dozens of women from a refugee camp in northeastern Nigeria.

A young Alabama mother was allegedly abducted before being tortured, sexually assaulted, and killed by a group of eight suspects in a horrific attack recorded by the perpetrators.

Arizona police are asking the public for help to find a woman who was violently grabbed and forced into an SUV at a gas station in a terrifying incident that was caught on security camera.

A 5-year-old Ohio boy has been found deceased after a statewide manhunt for him and his foster mother, who is accused of kidnapping the child and later leading police to his body.

A Montana family has reportedly lost custody of their teenage daughter after expressing opposition to her identifying as the opposite sex.

An attempted kidnapping suspect’s wife is claiming that her husband was just “joking” when he allegedly tried to abduct a 4-year-old from a Florida Walmart in a shocking incident caught on camera.

A kidnapped Florida child is once again safe after an intense search, and video footage shows the moment she is reunited with her family.