While most of those abducted are local merchants and landowners, anyone — aid workers, business travelers, or tourists — can be at risk. International companies now buy kidnap and ransom insurance policies to cover the ransom as well as costs for professional negotiators and psychological counselors. The kidnappers are organized, doing market research and risk assessment on potential victims.
За да се прослави милениумот, папата Јован Павле II ја прогласи 2000 година за Света година и им понуди индулгенции на оние кои ќе одат на аџилак во Рим, известува L’Osservatore Romano.