Raw quantitative data is not a reliable basis on which to assess the risk of kidnap, if Clayton’s April K&R and Extortion Monitor is anything to go by. For example, the USA occupies 8th position, ahead of traditional hotspots such as the Philippines, Honduras, Somalia and Iraq!
A more accurate assessment of kidnap can be made by informed analysis of the raw data in combination with reliable intelligence, a service provided by a number of travel risk management companies. In many countries, such as India which occupies position #6, the risk is highly specific and travellers to the main business centres have little to worry about by way of kidnap risk. In Nigeria, which occupies position #3, there is a very real danger to expatriates and visitors, but this is confined to the Delta area of the country, especially Port Harcourt.
But which country took the top spot in April? You will have to read on at:
www.claytonconsultants.com/en/assets/pdf/krem-archive/KRE-Monitor-Apr-2008.pdf
