Crime > Kidnappings: Countries Compared
Gunmen <a href= http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_kid>kidnapped</a> an Italian aid worker from the CARE International aid agency on May 16 in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The car the woman was traveling in was intercepted and blocked by another car. <p>The area of Kabul where the Italian was kidnapped has several guest houses and restaurants that are popular with foreigners. On May 8, a <a href= http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/mor_ass_by_exp_mat>bomb attack</a> in an Internet café in the same area killed three people, including a U.N. worker from Myanmar. <p> Aid agencies operating in Kabul have warned to staff to keep a low profile in recent weeks following two unsuccessful kidnapping attempts. In April, an American man was forced into the trunk of a car by kidnappers but managed to jump out. In another incident, gunmen intercepted a car carrying foreigners but the driver escaped. A British adviser to the government was <a href= http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/mor_ass_by_rif_sho_and_lar_fir_dis>killed in a shooting</a> near a U.N. guest house in March. <p>In October of last year, three U.N. workers were kidnapped in Kabul and held for 27 days before being released. The Afghan government said the October kidnapping was committed by a gang of criminals hired by a Taliban splinter faction that threatened to kill them unless Taliban prisoners were freed. <p>Taliban guerrillas have attacked and killed dozens of aid and election workers since launching an insurgency after they were forced from power by U.S.-led forces in 2001 for refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden. But most of their attacks have been in rural areas of the country, particularly in the south and east.
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Number of kidnappings recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
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Interesting observations about Crime > Kidnappings
- Turkey ranked first for kidnappings amongst Europe in 2006.
- Canada ranked first for kidnappings amongst Cold countries in 2006.
- Portugal ranked first for kidnappings amongst European Union in 2006.
- Japan ranked last for kidnappings amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2006.
- All of the top 2 countries by kidnappings are Non-religious.
- Bulgaria ranked first for kidnappings amongst Eastern Europe in 2002.
- Turkmenistan ranked first for kidnappings amongst Former Soviet republics in 2006.
- Germany ranked 5th last for kidnappings amongst NATO countries in 2002.
- Australia ranked #4 for kidnappings amongst High income OECD countries in 2006.
- Chile ranked first for kidnappings amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2006.
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