Ninety percent of all executive Kidnappings are preventable by anti-kidnap training, preparation, awareness and prevention actions. A basic kidnap avoidance program should include not catching the eyes of kidnappers and getting a less attractive target. This should include:
Avoiding Loud colors like bright reds, yellows and oranges. Not sporting any gaudy or lavish amounts of jeweler. Showing As little cash as possible when paying personal items. Not roaming outside the tourist, shopping and business boundaries. Using Precaution when meeting someone you do not know well. Avoiding secluded places or passing close to shrubbery and alleyways. Not Taking shortcuts and preventing unfamiliar routes
Walking Facing traffic so a vehicle cannot pull up behind you unnoticed. Never walking on the most direct or clear path. Rather, use a zigzag or roundabout vip protection course to remain unpredictable and make it hard for pursuers to strike. Playing it cool and keeping concentrated if you suspect pre-kidnap surveillance. Reporting Surveillance incidents immediately to the police and embassy
- Changing hotel locations as a precaution
- Maintaining Situational awareness and maintaining a lower profile
- Encouraging Host partners to be alert for suspicious activity
- Keeping a much lower profile during periods of high threat
- Being Particularly alert at public gathering areas
Making it a habit of checking to make sure all appears normal daily
Remaining Cautious even in pleasant locations and avoiding locations without multiple escape routes. The Basic kidnap avoidance techniques in this guide should be practiced aggressively in high-risk states as they will have the next deterrence effect on possible kidnap operations:
- Delay Your anticipated arrival and departure times
- Disrupt Or disrupt any predictable patterns you may have
- Deny Pre-kidnap surveillance activities through security-conscious behavior
- Decrease Kidnapper motivation by making them think they would not succeed
- Destroy Kidnap sequence plans by endurance, situational awareness and by taking the threat seriously.