11.   In the past week alone, newpapers have reported the kidnappings of at least five people around the capital city.

12.   Kidnappings have been reported, and conditions in the refugee camps are deteriorating, with militias preventing aid workers from delivering food and medical supplies.

13.   Many families refuse to report kidnappings to police because of the widespread belief that current or former police officers are members of kidnap gangs.

14.   Nearly six months after a German tycoon was released by kidnappers, authorities in Wiesbaden on Saturday reported the kidnapping of another German businessman.

15.   Police were questioning two Kashmiri guides who accompanied the tourists and reported the kidnappings Wednesday night.

16.   Serbs have reported kidnappings before, claiming the KLA have set up camps for Serbs.

17.   Students in Dili report daily kidnappings of their peers.

18.   The groups say many kidnappings are never reported to police because of the common belief that police and military personnel are members of many kidnap groups.

19.   The kidnappings were never reported to Hong Kong police.

20.   The kidnapping was first reported by a senior Colombian army officer during a television interview Friday night.