1. Many kidnappings are motivated by cash, with abductors often selling captives with political value to militant groups.
2. It was unclear whether the recent kidnappings were the work of a single group or simply coincidental.
3. The number of kidnappings has been declining slightly in Colombia, although this Andean country is still the kidnapping capital of the world.
4. After Uribe was elected that year to his first term, kidnappings that had been common in Colombia's countryside sharply diminished.
5. All the past kidnappings have come on the roads, with civilians whisked away after their vehicles come under attack.
6. Criminal kidnappings have become common in the region, where the crude in Africa's biggest producer is pumped.
7. The lawlessness has allowed piracy to flourish off the coast, and kidnappings for ransom on land have also become increasingly common.
8. Police say express kidnappings are taking place in and around the capital at a rate of three or four a day.
9. Affluent Mexicans have shown undisguised enthusiasm for tracking technology in a country where thousands of kidnappings have taken place in the last decade.
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10. With the gradual disintegration of the Palestinian government in Gaza, kidnappings had increased.