The Billion-Dollar Kidnapping Trade | The Business of Crime

Abduction holds a vivid place in our collective imaginations. The idea of being taken and possibly harmed is a terrifying one. We would likely do anything, pay anything, for a safe return. For that reason, kidnapping has been a staple for criminal organizations across the world, for as long as there have been people who can profit from it. Now with the rise of virtual kidnapping and the kidnapping of migrants, the global kidnapping trade is expanding even further. In The Business of Crime, VICE World News looks at different parts of the criminal economy, separating fact from myth. In this episode, we find out the reality of the global kidnapping boom. Watch more from this series: Is the New York Mob back? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWdNrnZ7vTQ The Gangs Behind Online Fraud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jfh3Ct9VI4 How to Smuggle Million Dollar Goods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwWpJsVcAP8 Check out the VICE World News playlist for global reporting you won't find elsewhere: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw613M86o5o4S3BXgi3bCiIVuopQxIMgV Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: https://www.youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: https://www.youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: https://www.youtube.com/VICENews VICELAND: https://www.youtube.com/VICELANDTV Broadly: https://www.youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: https://www.youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: https://www.youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: https://www.youtube.com/NOC i-D: http://www.youtube.com/iDmagazine Waypoint: https://www.youtube.com/WaypointVICE