61.   He said Ang allegedly approached the relatives by offering to negotiate the release of the kidnap victims and handled the ransom money.

62.   In addition to suspected terrorist training, the group is believed to be using the zone to harbor kidnap victims, organize illegal drug operations and prepare military attacks.

63.   In December, another New Zealander, Stan Shaw, was one of four foreign kidnap victims killed by their abductors in Chechnya.

64.   In recent months, Garzon had also met leftist rebels to help facilitate the release of kidnap victims.

65.   In Mexico, relatives of kidnap victims usually try to negotiate directly with the abductors, fearing reprisals if they complain to police.

66.   Kidnap victim Guiseppe Soffiantini was freed in February after seven months as hostage.

67.   Leftist guerrillas earn huge ransoms from kidnap victims.

68.   Like the Navarretes, most Colombian kidnap victims are people of modest means.

69.   Local newspapers recently reported that the owner of a gasoline station and the wife of a famous Cambodian doctor were kidnap victims.

70.   Many kidnap victims are young rural women tricked into leaving home with offers of work as housemaids, waitresses or factory workers.