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The economics of kidnapping

by Kai Ryssdal , Maria Hollenhorst and Daisy Palacios
Apr 30, 2019
How the criminal underworld operates the ransom business.
Philippine soldiers walk along a highway as they return to camp after an armed encouter with members of militant kidnap-for-ransom group, Abu Sayyaf, in the Sulu province on the southern island of Mindanao on August 26, 2016.
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China's Hangover

The anatomy of a Shanghai land grab: Residents kidnapped, their homes destroyed

by Rob Schmitz
Oct 16, 2013
Local governments in China have taken the homes of at least 40 million people, selling that land to developers, in order to keep GDP growth figures well into the black.
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