HH: The business must assume that it is paid ransoms?
– It is true that there are large sums of money, we have several examples. Among some countries, most European, is an agreement that you should not pay ransoms, but then you do not know what is going on in secret.
It is common for kidnapped persons are sold between different groups. So it would not be quite incredible that the released Swedes have been captives of other groups, according to Eriksson.
He says that just al-Qaeda Linked Nusrafronten – one of the major players in the war in Syria – has an extensive external support and kidnappings are probably a minor part of its income.
According to Lars Nicander, director of the Center for Asymmetric Threat Studies at the Swedish National Defence College, are kidnappings a major industry.
– The was lucky that this was al-Qaeda and not Isis. They certainly had chosen a more spectacular way to get attention, we’ve seen what they can do.
ransoms want no countries talk openly about, says Nicander.
– Negotiations are taking place very discreet. The Americans never pay ransom, the Germans often pay. When it comes to Sweden do not really know.
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