Kidnap express still threat in Colombia

globalpost.com reported.. It’s called “the millionaire’s ride” and that’s no exaggeration.

It works like this: With passengers in tow, unscrupulous taxi drivers suddenly stop to pick up accomplices who then force their victims, at gun or knife point, to pull out their debit and credit cards and withdraw millions of Colombian pesos from ATMs.

The practice has been going on for decades in Colombia, which has long suffered from high crime rates. But this form of express kidnapping leaped into the headlines last month when a US Drug Enforcement Administration agent died from stab wounds he received during a millionaire’s ride while apparently resisting his captors. Read Article