• Wife of Norwegian billionaire kidnapped - ransom to be paid in monero
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https://www.independent.ie/world-news/kidnappers-demand-ransom-for-wife-of-norwegian-billionaire-37695625.html The wife of one of Norway’s richest men has been missing for months and her kidnappers have demanded a ransom, police have revealed. Police said a note found in the couple’s house, east of Oslo, described what would happen to her if the ransom was not paid in the crypto-currency Monero. Police did not give a figure for the ransom amount, but Norway’s VG newspaper reported it was 9 million euros (£8m). “We have no suspects in this case,” he said. Mr Broeske said “those behind have chosen to communicate digitally and we have had no other type of contact”. Police have urged the family not to pay any ransom. Police believe she disappeared from the couple’s home, 31 miles from the Swedish border. Mr Broeske said they were working with Europol and Interpol on the case.
Do they know if she is even still alive?
I am very much interested in how authorities negotiate and track kidnappers in modern times. How much did technology help or hurt in this department?
"His fortune in 2018 amounted to nearly 1.7 billion kroner (£1.57bn), according to Norwegian news agency NTB." 1.7 billion NOK = £ 156M Off by a factor of 10 there.
here's why this is good for bitcoin:
Police have urged the family not to pay any ransom. Is it really wise to say that and publish it the news? The kidnappers are likely going to read this and might cause her harm as a direct result.
Or they get the money and harm/kill her regardless.
It helps immensely from what I understand because most people are too stupid to understand how deeply you can be tracked. I've heard of cases where the kidnappers carry their goddamned contract phones on them the whole time.
It's been months, no fucking chance that she's still alive.
That and the fact that the guy is working with Interpol and Europol. Why divulge that? Also, isn't it wild how we used to pay ransom during the medieval times and nowadays everybody is like "DON'T PAY ANY RANSOM EVER!"
If they truly want the money, they must be ready to provide some kind of proof. Otherwise, how are they going to get the money?
Partially because it encourages further kidnappings for ransom and partially because many kidnappers are subhuman shitheads who kill their captives and take the ransom with them anyway.
If it was your wife, wouldn't you cling onto that hope?
Well that's what I mean. It's more likely that she's alive than dead, because otherwise it's gonna be hard for the kidnappers to get the ransom.
It also helps immensely in the exact opposite way if you know what you are doing and have some preparations.
I dunno, it hasn't hugely helped you hide in the physical realm, it's made it easier to find you. But at the end of the day there is almost nothing stopping anyone from going out into the middle of the wilderness sans devices and never being found. If I were intending to go fully OTG I'd ditch everything remotely electronic (because who fucking knows anymore) and walk, on foot, into the middle of nowhere. If you had a pre-arranged, non-listed cabin or some sort of shelter, short of them doing an FLIR drone/helo scan of the entire goddamned forest they'd never find you and even then a FLIR scan might never bring up anything of note. The greatest tool of someone who wants to be hidden is the sheer size and expanse of the planet.
There is having hope, and being realistic. They are 2 different things. Your wife has been gone for months, you've heard nothing. Then suddenly people are demanding a ransom? The police have the right idea about not paying the ransom. (Especially if no proof of life was provided...) I'd say it's incredibly likely someone random and completely unrelated caught wind of this and is now trying to profit off of it.
I think having hope is appropriate. There's people who have been missing for way longer and they came back in one piece.
Does this happen often? Surely kidnappers wouldn't just kill their kidnap victim, and instead just let her go eventually? Assuming the kidnappers are confident the victim cannot give any leads to the police.
think about it. she's been with them for months, she's probably decently familiar with them as people by now. she'll have enough information on them that she could rat them out, should they let her go unscathed. unless they took precautions to ensure they keep their faces concealed from her, and reveal as little personal information as possible when around her. it'd be incredibly risky on their part to do so if they haven't taken the necessary precautions
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