New Report Shows American Hostages Are Twice As Likely to Die in Captivity, But That May Change Soon
In The News Piece in Independent Journal Review
Jan. 11, 2017
The Independent Journal Review covered ISP’s new report, “To Pay Ransom or Not to Pay Ransom.”
A report released by political think tank New America made shocking conclusions about the status of American hostages.
The report found that Americans who are taken hostage by terrorist, militant, or pirate groups are more than twice as likely to die in captivity or be murdered by their captors than other Western hostages.
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The report claims:
"There is no clear link between a nation’s ransom policy and the number of its citizens taken hostage. The United States had the most hostages taken since 2001 with 225, followed by Italy with 148, France with 143, and the United Kingdom with 137."