red24 Global Kidnapping Threat Map 2017
KKidnap for ransom and extortion (KRE) remains a credible security threat in numerous areas of the world in 2017. This map delineates the overall kidnapping threat level by country; and in
line with red24’s client focus, an elevated threat to foreign recreational and business travellers, business interests, and NGO and media personnel has been used as the primary criterion in its
compilation. In light of KRE data sourcing challenges; open-source, privileged and anecdotal information, together with available information pertaining to kidnapping rates, threat types and
incident dynamics, have been used in this assessment. Furthermore, additional security concerns which hold the potential to contribute to KRE threat levels, such as crime, terrorism,
economic conditions, and corruption and/or weak law enforcement, have also been taken into account.
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Greenland
Sweden
Iceland
Finland
Faroe Islands
Russia
Norway
Canada
Estonia
United Kingdom
Denmark
8. Slovenia
9. Croatia
10. Bosnia and Herzegovina
11. Switzerland
12. Macedonia
13. Montenegro
14. Kosovo
15. Luxembourg
Spain
16. Belgium
Portugal
17. Slovakia
18. Austria
Gibraltar
19. Georgia
20. Armenia
21. Azerbaijan
Morocco
Bermuda
7. Cuba
Jamaica
Belize
Honduras
Guatemala
Hawaii
6.
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
1. French Guiana
2. Suriname
3. Guyana
4. Grenada
5. Puerto Rico
6. El Salvador
7. Cayman Islands
Panama
Lithuania
Malta
Tunisia
Algeria
The Bahamas
Mexico
Russia
Belarus
Netherlands
Poland
Germany
16.
Czech Rep.
15.
Ukraine
17.
Liechtenstein
18. Hungary
Mol.
11.
France
8. 9.
Romania
Italy
10. Serbia
13.14.
Bulgaria
Monaco
12.
Andorra
Albania
Turkey
Greece
Ireland
United States
Latvia
Cyprus
42.
Jordan
43.
3.
Colombia
Mauritania
Cape Verde
Libya
Mali
Niger
29.
25.
28.
Peru
Brazil
Bolivia
Paraguay
CAR
24.
Republic of Congo
Benin
Low
Medium
Chad
High
Medium
Egypt
Low
Medium
Kosovo
Medium
Low
Liberia
Medium
Low
Libya
High
Extreme
Somalia
Extreme
High
Tunisia
Low
Medium
Western Sahara
Medium
Low
Yemen
High
Extreme
Myanmar
46. Bangladesh
47. Bhutan
Maldives
Seychelles
Madagascar
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Botswana
Argentina
Hong Kong
Laos
Northern Mariana Islands
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
Philippines
Marshall Islands
Brunei
Federated States of Micronesia
Malaysia
Singapore
Kenya
34.
Zambia
Saint Helena, Ascension
and Tristan da Cunha
Taiwan
Macau
Sri Lanka
36.
35.
Angola
Kidnapping risk rating changes since August 2015
Medium
46.
Comoros
Uruguay
Low
47.
Yemen
Tanzania
South
Africa
Angola
Pakistan
Somalia
37.
Democratic
Republic
of Congo
Japan
Nepal
Ethiopia
South Sudan
23.
South Korea
China
Afghanistan
Iran
22.
38. UAE
39. Qatar
40. Bahrain
41. Kuwait
42. Lebanon
43. Israel & Palestine
44. Syria
45. Iraq
Kiribati
Papua New Guinea
Indonesia
Solomon Islands
East Timor
Samoa
Vanuatu
Mauritius
Mozambique
Fiji
New Caledonia
Reunion
33.
Chile
Tajikistan
Djibouti
Gabon
22. Eritrea
23. Equatorial Guinea
24. Cameroon
25. Benin
26. Togo
27. Ghana
28. Cote d'Ivoire
29. Burkina Faso
30. Gambia
31. Senegal
45.
North Korea
Oman
Sudan
Chad
27. 26.
Sao Tome and Principe
Ecuador
44.
Egypt
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
40.
39.
Saudi Arabia
38.
Nigeria
Liberia
2. 1.
20. 21.
Mongolia
India
31.
30.
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Uzbekistan
19.
41.
Western Sahara
Dominican
Republic US Virgin Islands
5.
Antigua and Barbuda
Haiti
Dominica
Saint Lucia
Barbados
Curacao 4. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela
Kazakhstan
Tonga
Australia
32.
32. Lesotho
33. Swaziland
34. Malawi
35. Burundi
36. Rwanda
37. Uganda
New Zealand
Falkland Islands
For more information regarding global kidnapping threats and dynamics, please contact us via [email protected], or visit www.red24.com.
Kidnapping risk rating key
Low risk
Medium risk
High risk
Extreme risk
As of 6 December 2016
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