Kidnapping News

On Friday, November 15, a caravan of child traffickers en route to Gambia was intercepted by police in the small West African country of Guinea-Bissau.

Ohio corrections officials said Ariel Castro, the man who held three women captive in his home for nearly a decade, has committed suicide at a state prison facility.

Boise - Hannah Anderson, the 16 year-old California teen who was abducted and the subject of a massive manhunt was rescued by the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team who gunned down her abductor at a remote campsite in Idaho.

San Diego - About 8 a.m. Friday, law enforcement officials got a huge break in the abduction of 16-year-old Hannah Anderson, who an Amber Alert was issued for on Tuesday.

Ariel Castro has been “calm and cooperative” since being moved to his new temporary prison where he will stay until Ohio officials determine which prison he will be spending the rest of his life at, reported a Department of Corrections spokeswoman.

Friday morning in an Ohio courtroom, Ariel Castro accepted a plea deal in one of the most astonishing kidnapping cases in years.

Valencia - When a teenage girl decided to play a prank on her father, things went terribly wrong, as a Spanish police officer stopped his vehicle and pulled a gun on him. However, it could have been much, much worse.

In the proverbial happy ending, two Spaniards who were taken hostage by a guerrilla group in Colombia on May 17th have finally been freed and are planning a wedding.

Bridgewater - The sentence was handed down yesterday for one of the men who kidnapped, confined and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old boy for several days.

Edmonton - While confirming the identity of the woman they were giving a jaywalking ticket to, police discovered a warrant for her arrest for allegedly kidnapping a 16-year-old girl.