When the ransom could not be raised, one was beheaded.

Governments that pay ransoms are saving the lives of some of their citizens, but putting the remainder of their citizens and others at greater risk. The refusal to pay ransoms to terrorists can seem callous, but in truth it is the only ethical policy.

The Ransom Dilemma

On one hand, according to the crew's families, negotiations have stopped regarding the ransom because the pirates refuse to lower it and because the owners of the ship, the Blue Marine company, are refusing to pay more than 100,000.

Moreover, in the Pakistani province of Waziristan, three Sikhs, a minority in Pakistan, were abducted. When the ransom could not be raised, one was beheaded.

The International Convention against the Taking of Hostages (1979) criminalizes the act, and States that have not done so should become party to it, but it does not forbid the payment of ransom.

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Some acts of piracy and outright banditry on the high seas along the Somalia coastline involving some foreign registered ships go unreported, especially after ransoms have been paid to Somali bandits.

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The IMF should not be in the ransom business.

The asking price goes from 40,000 euros to more than a million, depending on the victim's family.

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The Monitoring Team suggests that the Security Council (a) recall the obligation contained in resolution 1373 (2001) to criminalize and to prevent, without exception, any provision of financial resources to terrorists and (b) consider whether this obligation applies to the paying of ransom to individuals and entities designated in the Consolidated List.

The majority of kidnappings were reported in the southern regions, especially Mogadishu, where ransoms allegedly fund the purchase of weapons and ammunition.

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Despite specific instructions in the ransom note that police and friends should not be contacted, she telephoned the police and called family and friends.

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