Which two countries are the kidnapping capitals of the world?

[***super_nova***]

Australia and Canada.

Official figures from the United Nations show that there were 17 kidnaps per 100,000 people in Australia in 2010 and 12.7 in Canada.

That compares with only 0.6 in Colombia and 1.1 in Mexico.

So why haven't we heard any of these horror stories? Are people being grabbed off the street in Sydney and Toronto, while the world turns a blind eye?

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19592372

[the_great_she_elephant]

"There are lies, damned lies and statistics." (Benjamin Disraeli.)

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

That's because some peasant grubbing for sustenance in Bogota, Caracas, or Campeche wouldn't be able to scrape up 20 pesetas for a ransom..........

[***super_nova***]

You obviously did not bother to read the article. It is NOT Australians being kidnapped abroad, it is kidnapping reported to police in AUSTRALIA.

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

You stated that Columbia and Mexico have few kidnappings...........I merely pointed out the reason why. 

[***super_nova***]

Well, you are wrong, no it is not the reason

[imastawka]

That article is dated September 2012.

Three and a half years might have made a difference

[***super_nova***]

Yes, and says that the trajectory has been up and up for a some time

[imastawka]

Here's one from Sept 2014.   Australia not even rates a mention

http://www.countryranker.com/ten-countries-with-the-highest-kidnapping-rates/

September 2015 - Australia still not mentioned

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/09/22/the-6-countries-where-youre-most-likely-to-be-kidnapped...

From your link -

No, the high numbers of kidnapping cases in these two countries are explained by the fact that parental disputes over child custody are included in the figures.

If one parent takes a child for the weekend, and the other parent objects and calls the police, the incident will be recorded as a kidnapping, according to Enrico Bisogno, a statistician with the United Nations.

Not true in Australia.   State police do not do anything when one parent takes a

child and the other objects.  It's not their jurisdiction. 

Only the Federal Police can intervene and then only when a court order is obtained.

I don't believe that these are recorded as kidnappings.