{"id":1626,"date":"2014-05-12T15:56:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T19:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/?page_id=1626"},"modified":"2025-05-05T16:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:08:52","slug":"kidnapping-is-theft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/kidnapping-is-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnapping is Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Theft occurs when people simply take resources from an organization.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kidnapping is no different from other sorts of theft except that it involves people. The item of value that kidnappers attempt to steal is life. Kidnapping is done primarily for profit rather than ideology because it is often extraordinarily lucrative.<\/p>\n<p>Current insurgencies and terrorist groups use kidnapping as one of their key ways of raising capital. Kidnappings directly support the capacity of fighters to fight. Every kidnapping contributes to conflict. There may be one victim of an abduction, but there will be many more victims of the ongoing violence supported by abductions. This makes it very important to prevent kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p>Kidnappers can be defeated in the same way any thief can. Obscure and mislead them about their knowledge. Deny them any opportunity. Shrink the value. Hold them accountable.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>value<\/i> of the \u201cresource\u201d is high and, in contexts of conflict or chaos, <i>impunity<\/i> for kidnapping outsiders is often low. These two are difficult to change when it comes to kidnapping, though not impossible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"info\">A foreign aid worker was kidnapped by a local warlord and held for a ransom.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe local NGOs with whom the foreigner worked stepped in. They promised the warlord that they would pay the ransom out of the funds they had received for development. This, they said, was their duty as hosts who had failed to protect their foreign guest. In order to make sure this message of agreement to pay the ransom reached the warlord, they spread the message throughout the communities in the area\u2014the communities where the funds would otherwise have been spent. The community leaders went to the warlord and forced him to return the aid worker without a ransom.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe local NGOs turned the tables by changing the <i>value<\/i> of the kidnapped aid worker and they changed the equation around <i>impunity<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"box\">Previous Page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/adaptability-and-theft\/\" title=\"Adaptability and Theft\">Adaptability and Theft<\/a><br \/>\nNext Page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/using-resource-transfers\/\" title=\"Using Resource Transfers\">Using Resource Transfers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related Topics<br \/>\n<a title=\"Thieves Need Four Things\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/thieves-need-four-things\/\">Thieves Need Four Things<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Why does Theft happen?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/why-does-theft-happen\/\">Why does Theft happen?<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Using Theft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/using-theft\/\">Using Theft<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Theft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/theft\/\">Theft<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Resource Transfers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/resource-transfers\/\">Resource Transfers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theft occurs when people simply take resources from an organization. Kidnapping is no different from other sorts of theft except that it involves people. The item of value that kidnappers attempt to steal is life. Kidnapping is done primarily for profit rather than ideology because it is often extraordinarily lucrative. 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