The Global Challenge of Child Kidnapping

The Global Challenge of Child Kidnapping

Kidnapping of Children

Children Kidnapping

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Kidnapping of Children

Kidnapping is among the most common organized crimes that happen and children are the most affected. Kidnapping can be defined as unauthorized removal of a child often at an underage from the custody of their legal guardians or from their parents. Kidnapping is also known as child abduction or child theft. It is approximated that every 40 seconds in the United States, one child gets kidnapped or rather goes missing. According to the Bureaus National Crime Information Center Missing Person Files, by the end of 2017 there were 32000 cases of missing children. Parental kidnapping which involves a parent taking a child away from the…