NCJ Number
12136
Date Published
1973
Length
61 pages
Annotation
DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR ATTEMPTED OR SUCCESSFUL KIDNAPPINGS, TERRORIST GROUPS RESPONSIBLE, AND SECURITY MEASURES AND INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE PROBLEM.
Abstract
THIS STUDY RECOGNIZES POLITICAL KIDNAPINGS AS AN INCREASINGLY MAJOR PROBLEM, AND USES A REFERENCE FORMAT TO PRESENT A CONCISE HISTORY. AFTER PRESENTING GENERAL BACKGROUND DATA, THE STUDY DISCUSSES EFFORTS BY SEPARATE COUNTRIES AND BY THE UNITED NATIONS, ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES, AND A U.S. CABINET COMMITTEE TO COMBAT TERRORISM. THIRTY FIVE CASE STUDIES ARE, FOLLOWED BY SUMMARIES ON 16 TERRORISTS GROUPS INVOLVED (E.G. ARGENTINE LIBERATION FRONT, BLACK SEPTEMBER). APPENDIXES PROVIDE A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE CASES AND SUCH DETAILS AS RANSOM TERMS AND FATE OF VICTIM, A DESCIPTION OF TROTSKYISM AND TERRORISM IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES, AND SAMPLE ARTICLES FROM SEVERAL REVOLUTIONARY BULLETINS.