“Kidnapping” means unlawfully detaining a person or persons against their will (including through the use of force; threat; fraud or enticement) for the purpose of demanding for their liberation an illicit gain or any other economic gain or other material benefit; or in order to oblige someone to do or not to do something. “Kidnapping” excludes disputes over child custody. (UN-CTS M5.5)
| 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 152 | 79 | 55 | 75 | 59 | 33 | 110 |
| Mauritius | 35 | 50 | |||||
| Uganda | 150 | 167 | 132 | 333 | 223 | ||
| Zimbabwe | 43 | ||||||
| Botswana | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Barbados | 23 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| Nigeria | 738 | 600 | 574 | ||||
| Guinea | 16 | ||||||
| Dominican Republic | 20 | 19 | 18 | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 58 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Guatemala | 52 | 133 | 124 | 83 | 51 | 46 | |
| Honduras | 37 | 79 | 51 | 42 | |||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Panama | 17 | 38 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 22 | 14 |
| Nicaragua | 11 | 7 | |||||
| Mongolia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Republic of Korea | 222 | 256 | 195 | 188 | 198 | ||
| Peru | 497 | 476 | 471 | 446 | 430 | 347 | 205 |
| Indonesia | 398 | 454 | 395 | 361 | 336 | 380 | |
| Turkey | 8,737 | 13,586 | 13,584 | 13,431 | |||
| Sri Lanka | 202 | 180 | 222 | 195 | |||
| Jamaica | 31 | 11 | 21 | 14 | |||
| Belize | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Philippines | 44 | 21 | 11 | 29 | |||
| India | 22,832 | 38,440 | 44,664 | 47,592 | 65,461 | ||
| Senegal | 2 | ||||||
| Madagascar | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 11 |