24 February 2022 3 Min Read

Kidnapping for ransom – part four: insurance inquiries on the rise

Usually for corporates only, families are now signing up and ‘we have seen ransoms vary from R1m and R76m’

in News by ARON HYMAN and GRAEME HOSKEN

TimesLIVE Investigations found South African kidnapping-for-ransom syndicates emerged after gaining experience from their Mozambican counterparts, who started the scourge.

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Kidnapping for ransom – part four: insurance inquiries on the rise

Usually for corporates only, families are now signing up and ‘we have seen ransoms vary from R1m and R76m’

Subscribe to our website to read this article and support quality journalism.

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