Krav Maga Tactical Survival by Gershon Ben Keren

Author:Gershon Ben Keren
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
ISBN: 978-0-8048-4765-0
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Rear Hostage/Abduction Knife Threat—with Wrist Held

Although you may not see yourself as a likely target for abduction or kidnapping, there are many different ways you can have value to someone (or a group). You may work in a venue such as a supermarket, restaurant, or bar, in which you have access to a lot of cash, especially if you are in charge of cashing out and locking up at the end of a shift. You may be the victim of an “express kidnapping”, where an abductor kidnaps you in order to force you to withdraw money from an ATM (you may even be held overnight so the abductor(s) can make a second withdrawal, thereby getting around the bank’s daily limit). Or you could be the victim of a “tiger kidnapping,” in which you are kidnapped and taken hostage in order to get someone who knows you, such as a family member, to comply with an abductor’s demands. This was a standard practice of the IRA in Northern Ireland: they would kidnap a person’s family member(s) in order to get someone to plant a bomb for them or drive a truck of arms to a particular location. In the U.S., ex-partners and children involved in custodial disputes comprise the largest population that is abducted/kidnapped. It is always worth taking an honest look at your personal situation and making appropriate risk assessments based on the potential threats you may face, and the potential vulnerabilities that such threats could exploit.

One vulnerability that many of us have is a predictable schedule. If a person wants to commit a crime against you, knowing where you will be at a certain time makes it easy for them to synchronize their movement to yours and initiate an assault or crime. If you close up a business that deals in cash at the same time every day, and always go through the same routine, a criminal needs only a small amount of surveillance to plan to abduct you and force you to reopen the business so that they can gain access to the safe or other valuables.

In a similar scenario, someone might be aware that you have things of value in your house and get in at the same time every night. Rather than breaking in, they will wait for you to come home and then force you to open the house to them.

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