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Kidnapping and extortion have grown and will go on growing, as they give a high yield at a low risk both to criminals and political terrorists; also because technological developments are making it more difficult to obtain large amounts of money by robbery than by drug trafficking, computer fraud and extortion by threats to life.
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Clutterbuck, R. (1987). Conclusions. In: Kidnap, Hijack and Extortion: The Response. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18754-6_20
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