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Who do you call or turn to when the unthinkable happens? One of your loved ones has just been kidnapped and after the initial shock wears off, the threatening telephone call demanding an ungodly amount of money is received and the shock and panic start all over again.

Do you or your colleagues travel to parts of the world where kidnaps for ransom are a routine source of income for criminal and terror organizations? Perhaps you wouldn't know anyway. However, what is your company's strategy or plan if a local employee is kidnapped, or if you or a family member, or colleague is taken?

Somewhere in the Middle East, deep into IS territory, dozens men have been beheaded in a torrid exhibition of belligerence; and other potential victims are no doubt being lined. Governments have been blindsided and have talked of 'selective' military action; and the media have published damning condemnations. Very little, however, has been said about who was responsible for the unfortunate individuals' predicament in the first place.