Kidnapping used to be common for guerrillas and criminals to extort people. While the days that kidnapping were widespread are over, extortion is booming business. Criminals have been kidnapping victims for for extortion purposes since before recent memory. The practice spiked in the 1980s, however, when guerrilla groups like FARC, ELN, M-19, EPL and ERP … Continue reading Kidnapping and extortion