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Editorial Advisory Panel Member Andrew Brown, who served as an expert witness into the Lindt Café siege inquiry in Australia, provides an insight into some of the findings of the final report on the incident, which resulted in several fatalities…

International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) work in some of the world’s most hostile environments, but the very people who bring aid to people in need are increasingly being targeted for kidnap. Abducted from their humanitarian work, many are held over varying periods of time and are sometimes released through ransom payments or high-risk rescue operations…

While much is reported on the prevalence of abduction and kidnap, little is known of the often aligned crimes of blackmail and extortion. Andrew B Brown provides a case study of a crime aimed at maximising shame and reputational damage