21.   Colombian rebels frequently kidnap people for ransom, often targeting foreigners who fetch large ransoms.

22.   Critics have warned that the large ransom payment will encourage more kidnappings in the southern Philippines.

23.   Foreigners are often targeted because they fetch large ransoms.

24.   Foreigners are prime targets for guerrillas and common criminals because they often fetch large ransoms.

25.   Guerrillas and common criminals often kidnap people, demanding large ransoms.

26.   Guerrillas often abduct people and demand large ransoms for their return.

27.   Karno helped negotiate the release of Abu Sayyaf captives freed last year, reportedly for large ransoms.

28.   Kidnapping is widespread in Colombia, where guerrillas and common criminals often demand large ransoms.

29.   Kidnapping is common in Colombia, where leftist guerrillas and common criminals often demand large ransoms.

30.   Large ransoms were reportedly paid for some of the foreign hostages seized by an Islamic rebel group last year.