Security Experts Top 10 Tips To Prevent Being Kidnapped by Mark Yates The British American Security Expert

1: Research the recent history of the Country you arerats, they seek a way out. It would not take a security
visiting. Don’t just focus on prior history as thegenius to figure that these rebel forces could shift their
threat level of a country or region can changefocus to the tourist part of Sri Lanka and target
dramatically at a moment’s notice. For exampletourists to gain finance and global publicity.
overnight the Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva7: Purchase travel Insurance. Ensure you purchase
declared a state of emergency during the secondtravel insurance and don’t be sold on the cheapest
week of April 2009 after his troops and police had topackage.
fire sub machine gun bursts into the air over the heads8: Purchase Kidnap for Ransom Insurance. This is
of violent protestors. The UK Foreign Office has justprobably the least understood of all insurance
warned against travel to Bangkok and Thailand as thepackages available for tourists. It’s a myth that
Thai PM Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state ofkidnap for ransom insurance, or K&R as its
emergency.known in the security trade, is only available for
2: Visit the web site and click on the kidnap for ransomdiplomats, corporate executives and wealthy
link on the home page. Complete the threatcelebrities. K&R is available and advisable for any
awareness brief questionnaire, which will identify yourtourist and it’s not as expensive as you might think.
risk category for the country or countries you intendVisit the kidnap for ransom link on the home page.
visiting.9: Attend a 1 to 2 day security awareness training
3: Read recent kidnap for ransom articles and caseprogramme. Observation and awareness is everything.
studies. Visit the web site and read up on recentJust about every TV and press reporter who travels
kidnap for ransom cases. You should be able tooverseas attends one of these security training
identify the modus operandi of criminal and/or terroristprogrammes. You will learn so much in such a short
groups actively targeting victims for kidnap for ransom.period of time and your security awareness levels will
You can easily flag your computer search enginerocket. Another bonus is that it may reduce your
provider like Google to send you e-mail alerts of allK&R insurance premium.
articles posted relating to kidnap for ransom etc.10: Purchase a home study threat awareness security
4: Collate press and media articles about levels oflesson from Confidence is key. You should be looking
organised crime and terrorism, pay particular attentionto adopt the mind-set of a predator and not a victim.
to crime and terrorist gangs who specialise in kidnapTo understand the modus operandi of a professional
for ransom.kidnapper you have to think like a kidnapper.
5: Check out your government’s travel advice. ForFinally: when considering The Security Experts Top 10
British tourists The UK Foreign Office, for AmericansTips To Prevent Being Kidnapped, Mark Yates the
the State Department to see if any recommendationsBritish American Security Expert advises, don’t
against travelling to the Country or Countries youmorph into a Touron. A Touron is a combination of a
intend visiting have been issued.tourist and a moron. Sadly too many tourists throw
6: Contact your travel agency before you book yourcaution and common sense to the wind the moment
holiday to see if there have been any recent criminalthey step on an aircraft or boat to begin their vacation.
or terrorist incidents against tourists. Do not beOne of the greatest mistakes victims make is to
seduced by a significantly reduced holiday packagebelieve that foreigners are less intelligent than they are
price to an exotic location. For example I noticedsimply because they don’t speak English.
recently that all inclusive holidays to the exotic locationWhen overseas you should aim to become a
of Sri Lanka have been significantly reduced. These‘Grey Man or Grey Woman’ and blend in rather
holidays are being heavily advertised in the UK press.than becoming the focal point of any group. Adopt the
What the advertisements don’t tell you is that theexact same security procedures as you would if you
Sri Lankan government has recently taken a veryhad to travel at midnight through the most dangerous
proactive stance against rebel forces in another partarea of your home region. Listen to your intuition,
of the Island which resulted in the loss of hundreds ofbecause that is the greatest defensive security
lives. When cornered criminals and terrorists are likeweapon in your armoury.