Penalties for kidnapping, theft and white-collar crime were also toughened, with longer jail terms prescribed.
Senior defectors confirmed that Turkish authorities last week thwarted a planned kidnapping of Col.
Twenty-five people were arrested in 2009 over the kidnapping of some 16 wealthy Bulgarians for ransom.
Kidnapping government forces and civilians has been a key strategy of the rebel group.
Paktiawal is suspected of having run a kidnapping ring when he was in an earlier post.
More ominously, the Mexican drug cartels have diversified into kidnapping, sometimes focusing on wealthy Americans.
Castro, 52, is charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.
However, there was nothing to suggest this was the case in this kidnapping, he added.
Ariel Castro was charged Wednesday with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.
The two other Castro brothers, Onil and Pedro, weren't charged in the kidnapping case.
During my kidnapping, I lost my entire identity and couldn't remember my real name.
At a news conference, authorities would not discuss the circumstances of their kidnapping and captivity.
Iranian officials blame the U.S. for the kidnapping, saying the Iraqis were working under American command.
Mr Gomez was arrested in 2008 and charged with kidnapping, extortion, rebellion and giving false testimony.
There was also concern about Iraqi sleeper agents proficient in assassination, kidnapping, and bombing.
What started as a mass kidnapping has become a political crisis inside Iraq's government.
If someone disappears and no ransom call comes, should it even be called kidnapping?
"I hope the Schilling kidnapping will not complicate the release of the remaining hostages, " he sighed.
He was convicted of multiple counts of kidnapping, criminal threatening and false reports of explosives.
Italian authorities last year indicted 26 Americans and five Italians for kidnapping in the case.
The mass kidnapping is just the latest sign of the growing chaos in Iraq.
And four of his officers are being held, as well, in connection with the kidnapping.
We condemn his kidnapping in the strongest terms and call for his immediate release.
Among them are robbery, grand theft auto, possession of explosives and kidnapping, authorities said.
"The kidnapping bears the hallmark of al-Qaeda, " a security official told the AFP news agency.
New Jersey State Police accused Mendez, 42, of kidnapping and the false imprisonment of Duran.
Many Arab politicians and intellectuals have denounced the kidnapping and killing of civilians as un-Islamic.
Kidnapping--a hideous activity now more likely to occur in Brazil and Mexico--has declined about 90%.
After the 1932 abduction and murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby, kidnapping became a federal crime.
Cyber-attacks on financial accounts and kidnapping and ransom can be additional concerns for the wealthy.
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