the kidnapping and kidnapping industry is running at full speed

Is France at risk of returning to the period of kidnappings accompanied by ransom demands that shook the country in the 1970s? The kidnapping of David Balland, co-founder of Ledger, a French unicorn specializing in the field of cryptocurrencies, could portend the worst but the police are exercising caution. “ More than a particular profile, the criminals, very pragmatic, seek above all to identify rich victims and track the money where it is », immediately recalls Colonel Marie-Laure Pezant, spokesperson for the gendarmerie who observes a “ rise in power of ces methods aimed at putting pressure on victims and obtaining, as quickly as possible, what the kidnappers demand ».

In the overwhelming majority of cases, it is mainly criminals caught at fault who bear the brunt of this game of massacre. Orchestrated for a simple debt linked to the purchase of a car…