ECONOMY DOWN, CRIME UP?!

[Chris Brady <cdbrady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's a tough one to figure out! :

ARGENTINA: ECONOMY DOWN, KIDNAPPINGS UP

           Responding to a growing clamor
           about an increase in violent crime
           after the collapse of the economy,
           the government has announced the
           formation of a special
           antikidnapping brigade.

Felipe Solá, governor of Buenos Aires Province,
said the measure was needed because the regular
police in the metropolitan area that is home to
one-third of Argentina's 37 million people
were being overwhelmed by crime, especially
so-called "express kidnappings" in which victims
are held briefly for small ransoms.

Larry Rohter (NYT) World Briefing: Americas. July 19, 2002


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