In the late 1980 ’ s, the government tried to attack the problem by placing thousands of carnivorous turtles in the Ganges. But the project was discontinued in 1994 because there were just too many bodies for the turtles to deal with, and the turtles themselves were being taken by poachers.
आतापर्यंत, अपहरणाचे प्रमाण लॅटिन अमेरिकेत सर्वात जास्त आहे; तेथे १९९५ आणि १९९८ या सालांदरम्यान ६,७५५ अपहरणाची प्रकरणे झाली आहेत.