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Re:Exmo Bitcoin exchange chief executive kidnapped in Kiev by cglace on Thursday December 28, 2017 @08:38PM (#16026843)
With enough armed bodyguards you aren't going to be kidnapped at gunpoint. Why risk your life going after a hardened target when there are so many vulnerable ones.

I imagine its quite easy to find mercenaries that are willing to fight back. There is an entire industry for hiring people to fight wars.

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Re:Exmo Bitcoin exchange chief executive kidnapped in Kiev by ClassyJacket on Thursday December 28, 2017 @08:42PM (#16026860)
I think their point was that that isn't legal in many places.
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Re:Exmo Bitcoin exchange chief executive kidnapped in Kiev by cglace on Thursday December 28, 2017 @08:48PM (#16026877)
Don't go to those places. Or hire off duty police to escort you in those countries.

Bill Browder can't eat at the same restaurant twice because his food may be poisoned. If you are a high profile target you have to change your patterns to remain safe.

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Re:Exmo Bitcoin exchange chief executive kidnapped in Kiev by ryanlol on Thursday December 28, 2017 @09:43PM (#16027110)
>With enough armed bodyguards you aren't going to be kidnapped at gunpoint.

Okay, now the kidnappers dress up as cops and "arrest" you. Perhaps they bribe the actual cops to do it for them?

Armed bodyguards do not seem like a substantial increase in difficulty for someone who intends to kidnap a person.

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