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Re: Lösegeldzahlung bei Entführung - ja oder nein?

Verfasst: So 24. Aug 2014, 11:57
von Alexander
Wie diese "substanzielle Gegenleistung" wohl ausgesehen hat? Unsere Regierung scheint nicht dazugelernt zu haben, oder will es einfach nicht. Von Verbrecherbanden wie IS darf man sich nicht erpressen lassen. Was immer es auch kosten mag...


Brandenburger offenbar aus IS-Geiselhaft befreit

Nach rund einem Jahr Geiselhaft soll ein 27-jähriger Mann aus Brandenburg einem Zeitungsbericht zufolge aus den Fängen der Terrormiliz Islamischer Staat befreit worden sein. Die deutschen Behörden hätten den Entführern dafür eine "substanzielle Gegenleistung" erbracht. mehr...

Grüsse
Alexander

Lösegeldzahlung - Haupteinnahmequelle von AQIM

Verfasst: Fr 4. Aug 2017, 15:24
von Birgitt
Die Freilassung von McGowan und Gustafsson soll AQIM einige Millionen in die leere Kasse gespült haben, man munkelt 3,5 Mio. Euro für McGowan und 5 Mio. US-$ für Gustafsson. Solange Lösegeld gezahlt wird, werden Entführungen immer ein lukratives Geschäft der Terrororganisationen bleiben. Denn mit diesen Einnahmen finanzieren sie ihre Waffen, ihre Fahrzeuge, ihre Familien, ihr Leben ...
By August 2017, two long-term AQIM hostages, Stephen McGowan (August 2017) and Johan Gustafsson (June 2017), were released. Given that each had been held for six years, the investment AQIM had in keeping them alive and well was so vested, the assumption of either of them being released without a ransom payment seems out of the question.

One of the hallmarks of al Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb’s (AQIM) operational tactics is kidnapping. This has not changed even after its “rebranding” effort as Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) — a “power-house” coalition between AQIM, Ansar Dine, Macina Liberation Front (MLF) and Mourabitounes. It is estimated that the kidnap-for-ransom business in the Sahel region alone has put at least $89-million in the coffers of AQIM since 2003. More than 90% of the group’s funding derives from this single financial source. The average ransom for the release of a Western hostage is $6.5-million. Johan Gustafsson was released on 26 June 2017 for a rumoured $5-million while Stephen McGowan’s release is said to have been secured by a €3.5-million payment [...]

[...] With the January 2016 of kidnappings of Stockley, Ken and Jocelyn Elliott combined with the January “proof of life” videos of the South African McGowan and the Swedish national Johan Gudtafsson, AQIM announced quite loudly that not only do they still have Western hostages but are actively acquiring more. Tending to hostages is a way of life for AQIM; it’s the way they feed their families, buy new weapons, house their cadres. As long as ransoms are being paid, AQIM is happy to oblige, doing the dirty work of taking people captive.
Analysis: As long as ransoms are paid, kidnappings will continue
04.08.2017 - Daily Maverick

Gruß
Birgitt