Tourist assaulted aboard public transport van in Brazil
SAO PAULO, Brazil- A female foreign tourist was kidnapped, raped and robbed on a minibus in Rio de Janeiro, police said, highlighting security concerns in the Brazilian city that will host matches ...
Two women kidnapped in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Two Czech women were kidnapped in Pakistan as they traveled to India by bus in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan.
Kidnapped Brit rescued in Ukraine
The man, who has not been identified, was said to be "safe and well" after his ordeal in the industrial city of Dnipropetrovsk in southern Ukraine.
New travel danger
By Matthew Harwood
A man travels to Mexico on business. During his trip, his wife receives a call from her husband’s cell phone. Upon answering, she hears screaming.
British Tourists Kidnapped In Egypt
CAIRO, Egypt - Two British tourists in southern Sinai have been freed just hours after their kidnapping, an Egyptian military intelligence official has said.
Travel & Tourism to Peru may be in danger after possible kidnapping
By eTN and wire input
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. The American couple that had gone missing in Peru has been found safe, Peru's Ministry of Tourism and Commerce told CNN Tuesday.
French tourists kidnapped in Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Cameroon - Kidnappers in Cameroon have taken seven French tourists across the border into neighbouring Nigeria after seizing them on Tuesday.
Toutrist abduction in Ecuador
Two female tourists kidnapped in the north-eastern Ecuador, near the border with Colombia, have been freed.
US tourists kidnapped in Sinai
CAIRO, Egypt - Bedouin tribesmen, seeking the release of an imprisoned kinsman, kidnapped two U.S. tourists in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday, security sources said.
Americans Kidnapped In Sinai
CAIRO, Egypt - Two American tourists who were kidnapped early Thursday in Egypt's Sinai region have been released unharmed, a U.S. State Department spokesman said, citing Egyptian officials.
American Kindnapped In West Africa
A U.S. citizen has been kidnapped in the West African nation of Benin, a U.S. State Department official said Sunday.
Tourist Abducted In India
The Maoist group holding an Italian hostage on Friday rejected the Orissa government's offer to free prisoners and threatened to take the “extreme step” if its demands were not met within 96 ...
Italian tourists kidnapped by Indian Maoists
NEW DELHI, India - The whereabouts of two Italian tourists kidnapped by Maoists from the Daringbadi area of Odisha's Kandhamal district remained unknown till Sunday evening.
Tourists Abducted In Egypt
Egypt's security sources say that two Brazilian visitors traveling through Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Sunday have been abducted after a visit to an isolated mountain monastery.
Kidnapping Capitals
By Dr. Elinor Garely, eTN Tourism Security Expert
This article is not a review of a destination that has lost track of its core marketing strategies or a switch of consumer loyalty from one resort to another.
Tourists Kidnapped in Egypt
Egyptian security chief for the Sinai Peninsula Major-General Mohammed Naguib announced on Friday that armed tribesmen had kidnapped three Korean tourists and their Egyptian guide.
Tourist Kidnapping In Ethiopia
An Ethiopian rebel group says it has kidnapped two German tourists and two Ethiopians, adding that they are safe, in good health and could be released unharmed.
Another Foreign Tourist Abducted In Kenya
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
A range of sources in Mombasa and Nairobi report that a second tourist kidnapping has taken place, this time at the Manda Bay Resort near Lamu.
Response to BBC News Website
Following the story on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News website on September 5, 2011, regarding the Chandlers' piracy hostage incident, the Seychelles High Level Committee on Piracy ...
European Visitors Kidnapped In East Lebanon
Lebanese security sources say that masked gunmen today kidnapped seven Estonian tourists who were cycling in Lebanon's Bekaa valley.
Sudan
By Khaled Abdel Aziz and Andrew Heavens
KHARTOUM - Two Sudanese men who kidnapped a group of tourists in Egypt's southern desert have each been jailed for 20 years, their lawyer said on Wednesday.
Current Kidnappings
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
Armed personnel from the DR Congo have over the last weekend again perpetrated a raid into Ugandan waters in Lake Albert, breaking previous agreements over the ownership of Rukwanzi Island.
Mexico
A wave of kidnappings in Mexico has halved the number of tourists visiting the country's most famous popular destination and left foreigners working in the country terrified for their families. ...
