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Understanding Kidnapping: A Quiz on Criminal Activity and Its Implications

This quiz explores various aspects of kidnapping, including its connections to other criminal activities, cultural practices, and historical events. Test your knowledge on this critical topic.

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1 [7] Kidnappings for profit that do occur in or into the United States today are often connected to other ongoing criminal activity, such as ________.

2 It still is traditional amongst certain nomadic peoples of ________.

3 ________ is a term used to describe the relationship a hostage can build with their kidnapper.

4 Tiger kidnapping is taking a ________ to make a loved one or associate of the victim do something, e.g.

5 ________ is the abduction or kidnapping of a child (or baby) by an older person.

6 In the past, and presently in some parts of the world (such as southern ________), kidnapping is a common means used to obtain slaves and money through ransom.

7 ________ is a term often applied loosely, to include any bride 'abducted' against the will of her parents, even if she is willing to marry the 'abductor'.

8 Alongside murder, kidnapping is the last significant offence under the ________ which has yet to be codified into statute.

9 Following the highly publicized 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping, Congress authorized the ________ to investigate kidnapping at a time when the Bureau was expanding in size and authority.

10 It has seen a resurgence in ________ since the fall of the Soviet Union and the subsequent erosion of women's rights.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • instead of abducting people, Francesco Paolo Varsallona, who became an outlaw in 1893, introduced tribute payments for guaranteed safety and was credited with modernizing brigandage in Sicily.
  • on January 21, 2006 Ilan Halimi, a French Jew, was kidnapped by a gang of Muslim immigrant youths and subsequently tortured to death, with the motive being either money or anti-Semitism.
  • the kidnapping of Edward Cudahy, Jr. caused a national uproar in 1903 because Cudahy's father, a meatpacking magnate in Omaha, Nebraska, paid the ransom request.
  • the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Wheeler that the Constitution alone did not give the government of the United States the authority to prosecute kidnappers.
  • during the Bisbee Deportation, Phelps Dodge Corporation executives seized control of the town's telegraph and telephones to prevent news of the kidnappings from being reported.
  • after Basque writer Jesús Galíndez was kidnapped from the streets of New York, his body was never found.
  • Frank Sinatra, Jr.'s kidnapping in 1963 led his father to habitually carry a roll of dimes.
  • Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa committed murder, kidnapping, racketeering, and tax evasion during the 1990s, all in an attempt to establish a chain of gas stations in New York City.
  • Rizwanur Rahman was charged with abducting his wife by West Bengal police after her father disapproved of the marriage.
  • Sano Fusako was kidnapped in Niigata, Japan in 1990 at age 10 and was not freed until nine years and two months later.
  • "bunchers" are criminals involved in kidnapping pets from residences, trapping stray animals illegally, and selling them to laboratories for animal testing purposes.
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