Kidnapping

Top 10 Places to get Kidnapped From (According to an insurance agency that sells kidnapping insurance)

Mexico Update August 5, 2008Mexican police linked to rising kidnappings
Brazil
Colombia yeah hmmmmm
Venezuela
Philippines yeah hmmmm
Nigeria
Afghanistan
Iraq
Haiti
Runners Up
India
South Africa
Argentina (huh? 6 years ago maybe)
Nepal
They didn't mention Somalia and the Horn of Africa
Must not pay to insure aid workers, or something.
Pakistan is mentioned in the top five here
Pakistan Taliban legalized kidnapping in March

Why? I was curious after watching Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) (2007)

I browsed around looking for connections. I looked at the usual suspects:

Corruption

Percentage of people living in poverty

Inequality

Then, since the kidnapper in the slums of Sao Paulo had ten kids I wondered if it was

Little access to family planning

Even though it's wanted and needed

Abortions illegal

or

Humanitarian crisis

or drug trafficking whoops, better not pull that shit in Iran or Saudi Arabia or China

And while I was stumbling around I happened upon some other connections which may or may not be added factors.

Oil reserves
Gas reserves
Pipelines

So, after reading enough stuff online today to be bleary eyed and tired, and wonder why this list that was done in '99 pops right up, my opinion is that the reasons for kidnapping generally involve 3 or more factors listed.
5:02 PM 7/27/2008