High Risk Management Services | Kidnapping And Extortion | Kidnap Negotiations | Anti-Extortion Techniques

Background

Kidnapping and extortion has occurred throughout recorded history. Lloyd's of London started issuing Kidnap and Ransom policies in 1932 but it was not until after the epochal year of 1968 that terrorists began to use kidnapping as a standard tactic to obtain funds and to generate publicity. Criminal gangs followed their lead when they saw the potential for rich returns.

Initially no ancillary services existed to assist insured persons in the reduction of their exposure to risk or to advise on the conduct of negotiations after a kidnap. This changed in 1975 when Saladin founded the first structured service to assist both insured and uninsured clients. A codified procedure and coercive bargaining technique was developed that has today become widely accepted as the standard operating procedure.

« previous	next »