Lillian Perlmutter / TruthdigMay 27, 2025
U.S. and Mexican immigration policies have made kidnapping a rite of passage on the migrant trail. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Lillian Perlmutter / TruthdigJul 3, 2024
Abducting migrants as they head north through Mexico is becoming common. What can they do to avoid it? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Parker Asmann / Insight CrimeJun 29, 2023
US policies have exposed migrants to a greater risk of being killed, disappeared, extorted, and kidnapped near the Mexico border. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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Zubeida Mustafa / TruthdigOct 8, 2018
A devastating case is bringing Pakistan's biggest social and political issues—police corruption, patriarchal injustice—to the fore once again. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
HARUNA UMAR and SAM OLUKOYA / The Associated PressFeb 25, 2018
It's feared that the girls will be forced to become brides of the extremists. The abduction follows a 2014 case in which Boko Haram seized 276 young Nigerian females. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
China Okasi / TruthdigMay 18, 2015
The rescue of hundreds of captives in Nigeria shows that the scale of kidnappings by the terrorist group Boko Haram has been grossly underestimated. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
China Okasi / TruthdigApr 16, 2015
The loss of hundreds of schoolgirls to Boko Haram has shown that in Nigeria, the powerful care nothing about the powerless until an international tragedy embarrasses them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigFeb 24, 2015
Members of the Islamic State group launched a broad raid on several villages in Syria starting early Monday, and by Tuesday the militant group had kidnapped more than 70 Christians. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJul 30, 2014
Although the governments of several European countries weren't exactly willing to corroborate this story, The New York Times reported Tuesday that al-Qaida has made a consistent practice of kidnapping European citizens for ransom, and it has paid off very well. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJun 14, 2014
Although an international campaign drawing attention to the hundreds of kidnapped girls this past April under the social media banner of #BringBackOurGirls has gathered serious momentum, little attention has been paid to the conditions that have nurtured a group like Boko Haram.Although an international campaign drawing attention to the hundreds of kidnapped girls this past April has gathered serious momentum, little attention has been paid to the conditions that have nurtured a group like Boko Haram. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 22, 2014
The United States deployed 80 military personnel to Chad on Wednesday to help find 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram, as Nigeria probed its deadliest attack ever, two car bombings in the city of Jos, with the militant group the main suspect. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 17, 2014
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday canceled a visit to the hometown of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic militants, provoking fresh criticism of his handling of the crisis. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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