rs range from street thugs in Rio who randomly snatch someone in a supermarket for as little as $100 to well-organized criminal gangs comprised of leftist guerrillas, drug traffickers and even corrupt policemen.
             The undisputed king of kidnapping is Colombia, which saw at least 4,000 abductions last year, according to estimates by Kroll. "In Colombia, kidnapping is incredibly well-organized," says Johnson. Local and foreign experts estimate that more than half of all kidnappings are carried out by the two leftist guerrilla movements, FARC and ELN, and members of the former M-19 guerrilla movement. Often, though, the guerrillas get blamed unjus
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