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                    [Title] => New MO: Kidnap through txt
                    [Summary] => For an investment of P1, you can receive a ransom that could run to millions.


The relative success of the National Anti-Kidnapping Task Force (NAKTAF) in pursuing kidnap-for-ransom syndicates has forced these groups, and their copycats, to simply demand ransom money first from their would-be victims through text messaging, the Citizens Action Against Crime (CAAC) and the Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order (MRPO) warned yesterday.

The CAAC and MRPO said they recently received seven complaints about kidnap threats through text messages from would-be victims in Metro Manila and Laguna. [DatePublished] => 2004-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 234937 [Title] => Ransom before kidnap [Summary] => Kidnapping for ransom syndicates have added a new twist to their illegal activities, demanding ransom money first from their would-be victims.

This new modus operandi was uncovered by the National Anti-Kidnapping Task Force (NAKTAF) following the arrest last Friday of a suspected member of a kidnapping gang about to pick up the ransom from a Filipino-Chinese trader — the would-be victim — at the Robinson’s Galleria in Ortigas, Pasig.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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