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Special Programme on Kidnapping

A look at kidnapping with John McCarthy, Brian Keenan Paul Bigley and Melanie Betancourt

A look at the worldwide rise in kidnapping for money or political ends. John McCarthy and Brian Keenan talk on the 20th anniversary of their kidnappings in Lebannon. Paul, the brother of murdered hostage Ken Bigley, Melanie, the daughter of currently kidnapped Colombian politician, Ingrid Betancourt and Brian Jenkins, expert on kidnappings are also interviewed. Presenter Heather Payton.

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49 minutes

大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

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