Ransom payment for hostage release between permissibility and criminalization: a descriptive analytical study

Abstract EN

Kidnapping for ransom has created a severe conundrum for threatened countries in recent years, putting politicians and law enforcement in a difficult position: what is the best strategy to deal with and prevent hostage kidnapping without making compromises in the name of a life-saving operation? in an analytical descriptive manner, we will investigate the risk to the hostages' lives in the event of non-payment, as there is no guarantee that the kidnapping groups will disband once the money is delivered, and payment reinforces kidnapping and extortion operations, and there is no guarantee that the hostages' lives will be preserved.

we concluded that, in contrast, some believe that paying the ransom is preferable because rescue operations are dangerous, so we recommend working on multiple lines at the same time by taking serious steps to search several solutions, alternative security and "new strategies because the lives are lost and the "hostages crises also pit the reactions".