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Ever wanted to learn about the kidnap for ransom business? This book is for the families of those who have been kidnapped. It's for professional security managers, and it's for those with a fascination of true crime, who want to learn. Packed with real case studies, anecdotes, scenarios and dilemmas you can: Examine how kidnap for ransom works as a business. Explore the topic from both the criminal and law enforcement perspectives. Learn how to manage a kidnap for ransom incident. Understand the risks so you can avoid getting kidnapped. Remember the four rules for kidnap survival. Rob Phayre and his team specialised in the delivery of ransom, for the release hostages for humanitarian purposes. Over a three-year period they: Rescued over 800 hostages. Recovered more than 2 billion dollars' worth of shipping assets and cargos. Delivered more than a hundred million US dollars in cash as ransom. Some of those individual ransoms broke the world records for the largest ransoms ever paid at sea. Those records still stand today...

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5 Stars - Readers Favourite How to Deliver A Ransom: The Complete Guide to Kidnap for Ransom by Rob Phayre is the book that no one ever hopes to use but that everyone who travels or operates in a way that could make them a high-value target should read. Going into this book, I admit that this is not a topic I was particularly versed in. That said, I come from a country where kidnapping for ransom does happen. I found Phayre's style of writing to be clear, authoritative, and grounded in real-world experience, making it as interesting as it is informative. Phayre's extensive background in crisis management is undeniable. While areas like the meticulous breakdown of the steps required in such a crisis are intriguing, its strength is in how well the author balances the technical with the human element, addressing not just logistics, but the moral dilemmas surrounding ransom payments. Aside from recommending the book to the reader demographic previously mentioned, I think this guide would be a spectacular resource for fiction writers as well. Very highly recommended.

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Rob delivered his first ransom to Somali pirates about fifteen years ago. Since then he and his team have freed more than 800 hostages, released several billion dollars worth of shipping and cargo's and delivered more than a hundred million dollars in ransoms.Rob started his career as a military helicopter pilot and then moved to Africa where he worked as a security and crisis manager for some of the largest companies in the world.From the ice and snow above the arctic circle to the deserts in the Sahara. From the jungles in Africa to the rippling waves of the Indian Ocean, Rob has led projects around the globe. His real life experience in so many places with so many fascinating characters doing such daring deeds makes him the ideal author of How to Deliver A Ransom, and The Response Files.Rob now lives in England and is lucky to do so with his wife and children.

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