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When they find a suspect, either through their own profile or a member of the public coming forward, they can compare known writings from that person to the ransom notes, Eggington said.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

A ransom note sent electronically falls under the jurisdiction of federal law enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Six months after the publicly released two previously withheld ransom notes while the family renewed its plea for anyone with information to come forward.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

The FBI’s Phoenix office said some ransom notes relating to the February disappearance of Nancy Guthrie were potentially “legitimate,” while others have been discounted as “extortion attempts.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Your brother would never have done it....Well, it was the truth, Harry thought as he ran on again; Dumbledore, who had defended Snape for so long, would never have held students ransom....

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

It was definitely not cheap paying off these pirates, whether it was ransoms or tariffs.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

Law enforcement advice around the world is not to pay cybercriminal ransoms as it fuels the industry and there is no guarantee hackers will actually delete stolen data.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

Paying ransoms has been made illegal in Nigeria, although there are allegations this ban has been widely ignored.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

The payment of ransoms has been outlawed in an attempt to cut the supply of money to the criminal gangs, but it has had little effect.

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025

The King of England had ordered that there were to be no ransoms in hit sort of battle.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

King Richard was captured on his way back from the Middle East and ransomed for 150,000 silver marks—approximately three times the annual income of the English Crown.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

This was frightening news, but Olena had heard that the Russians sometimes ransomed detainees for cash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2024

After two were released for medical reasons and three others ransomed by a third party for an undisclosed amount, the remaining 12 went free Dec. 16 after what they described as an overnight escape.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

This thriller — in which a flight attendant is on a plane to Sydney when her 5-year-old daughter is ransomed — is notable for its capacity to get into the heads of its characters.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2022

They were only there a short time, though; one morning two other brothers arrived under a peace banner with a chest of gold, and ransomed them from the knights who'd cap-tured them.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

The Talmud, a set of commentaries on the Torah, specifically condones ransoming of hostages as a communal responsibility, and many ancient scholars considered being hostage a fate worse than death.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

Experts say the trend towards ransoming sensitive private information could affect companies not just operationally but through reputation damage.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2021

Heinkel and Borelli are accused in a lawsuit filed in California Superior Court in late March of improperly impounding Bird’s scooters and then ransoming them back to the $2 billion company.

From The Verge ● Jul. 24, 2019

Simone’s situation sounds dramatic enough to hold an episode of “Homeland” — in fact, the ransoming of Carrie Mathison’s top-secret computer files drove a plot point on the Showtime series last season.

From Fox News ● Oct. 12, 2018

Naudé spent his own small fortune in ransoming the books on medicine.

From The Great Book-Collectors by Charles Isaac Elton