Why do kids get kidnapped?

Originally Answered: Why do people kidnap children these days? “These Days” is a little bit loaded and misleading. In the US (and almost any developed country) a child is far safer from a kidnapping/assault/rape/abuse than they have ever been in history. read more

In Nigeria children are kidnapped mostly by their nannies, who got the job for the purpose of kidnapping the children. Most of them work for a syndicate and each person has their own duty. read more

As a kidnappee, your job is to get out alive. Get yourself un-kidnapped. Save yourself, regardless if that takes nine hours, nine months or nine years. Within that job description, intuiting what’s expected of you is not difficult: You do what the boss tells you to do. The problem is, your objective and his are at odds. read more

Only about one child out of each 10,000 missing children reported to the local police is not found alive. However, about 20 percent of the children reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in nonfamily abductions are not found alive. read more