The group were lured to Thailand with false promises of jobs but were later trafficked to Myanmar where they were held for more than four months

A fuller picture of the Rapid Support Forces massacres in Gezira, committed under the cover of a communications blackout, is emerging from survivors and victims’ families

Criminals treat abduction and extortion as a business transaction and wealthy individuals increasingly insure against it

A classic bandit extortion strategy is to set homes and grain stores on fire to intimidate individuals into paying up.

On our TV screens, sport happens in a vacuum. But for John Mikel Obi and other African stars, real world problems intrude all too often

An undated video shows a knife-wielding man holding two men captive, threatening to execute them should Japan not pay a $200-million ransom.

Pirates have released a Danish cargo ship and its 13 crew members — held off the Somali coast since early November — after a ransom was paid.