Italian officials say the kidnappers may have been a criminal gang tied to the Taliban.
Police said that a criminal gang masqueraded as an online gaming friend and abducted him after arranging to meet him last week.
Ackerman concedes that the kidnapping and extortion threats he describes are more likely to be committed by a criminal gang than a terrorist cell.
There, they reportedly got into an argument, with the three youths claiming they were members of a criminal gang and Ms Chavez telling them she was an undercover policewoman.
Speaking to BBC Northern Ireland's Spotlight programme, a man claiming to be part of a criminal gang said he had delivered horses to the abattoir on "multiple occasions" on forged papers.
In his force's fight against organised crime in Manchester, Sir Peter said it was often able to penetrate the top of a criminal gang by linking "foot soldiers" selling drugs or stolen goods to those running operations.
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Power was recorded saying he had contacts with a London criminal gang and that the robbery would take three months to set up and Barry would receive a percentage of the proceeds.
Two weeks ago the Bombay police killed four gunmen, who, officials said had links with a notorious criminal gang.
Vladimir Milisavljevic was detained in Valencia last February, together with three other alleged members of a feared Serbian criminal gang, Zemun.
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But the ouster of President Jean Bertrand Aristide, coupled with the current campaign for a new leader, has resulted in a spike in criminal gang violence.
Or, God forbid, a criminal who has come to case the territory for a gang of burglars?
In October 2010, Randy Soto was arrested and charged with a host of counts, including murder, attempted murder, gang assault and criminal possession of a weapon for his alleged role in the melee, authorities said.
This has given rise to a huge amount of gang and criminal activity inside Mexico and along our southern border.
Using a map of criminal activity produced by a CyberTracker, police arrested and convicted a gang of muggers that had been prowling a beach near Mr Liebenberg's home.
The officials who dealt with the abduction said they suspected rogue members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a former Muslim secessionist group that signed a preliminary peace accord with the government last year, the Abu Sayyaf group and the Al Khobar criminal gang collaborated in detaining Rodwell and negotiating for a ransom.
The gang has grown into a sophisticated criminal enterprise where members are assigned military titles like "general" and extort money from fellow prisoners, regardless of race.
It said the launch of the Trident Gang Crime Command to tackle an estimated 250 active criminal gangs in London, using a combination of enforcement and preventative approach, has had its impact.
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