Ever wanted to learn about the kidnap for ransom business?
This book is for the families of those who have been kidnapped. It’s for professional security managers, and it’s for those with a fascination of true crime, who want to learn.
Take a look in detail at how kidnap for ransom works as a business. Explore it from start to finish from both the perspective of the criminals and the good guys. Understand the risks so you can avoid getting kidnapped in the first place. Learn how respond if it has just happened to your colleague or loved one.
This illustrated book is packed with case studies, anecdotes, scenarios and dilemmas.
Rob Phayre and his team specialised in the delivery of ransom, for the release hostages for humanitarian purposes.
Over a three-year period they:
- Rescued over 800 hostages.
- Recovered more than 2 billion dollars’ worth of shipping assets and cargos.
- Delivered more than a hundred million US dollars in cash as ransom.
Some of those individual ransoms broke the world records for the largest ransoms ever paid at sea.
Those records still stand today…
After reading this book you will be able to answer the following questions:
- My family member has been kidnapped! – What do I do?
- When is it legal to pay a ransom?
- If and when should you notify law enforcement?
- What are the risks for all those involved?
- What is the kidnappers business model?
- What makes a good ransom, and what makes a bad one?
- How heavy is a million dollars?
- So how do you hand over the cash safely?
- How do you collect the hostage post release?
- What do you do if the drop goes wrong?
- Advice for looking after a victims family during a kidnap
- How to avoid being kidnapped in the first place.
- How to survive if you are kidnapped.
- Unsuccessful outcomes happen, so what should you do?
This is a Pre-Order for the paperback. It will be automatically delivered on or shortly after the 27th February 2025.
Delivery from this website is to the UK, USA and Europe only.
For all other countries, please purchase through your favourite online or physical bookstore.
How to Deliver A Ransom is a true crime, non-fiction book written by award winning author, Rob Phayre.
- 48,000 words
- 208 pages, with diagrams and charts.
- Published by Rob Phayre Ltd
- ISBN: 978-1-7393266-8-5
*Whilst packed with technical details, you should not treat this book as detailed advice if you are responding to a real incident. Some resources that may help you are here. Otherwise, please see the disclaimer on HowToDeliverARansom.com before ordering.
