'A lot less is needed to orchestrate a kidnapping - as long as you have a telephone and get your homework done, you can snatch a victim and name your price,' says D&K Management Consultants owner Kyle Condon.
About 60% of cases involve an arranger or mastermind known to the victim, as they would need to know the family and the amount they could demand for the victim's release.
“I’ve had figures higher than R50m. It’s not a lot of money when converted to US dollars or Bitcoin. I suspect the money [in the] was paid probably offshore, to some foreign account in Brazil or something like that,” he said.
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