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Posted By Anders Molko
The term "Tiger Kidnappings" refers to kidnappings where a key person from an organisation or a family member of that person is taken hostage until the kidnapper’s demands are met. This method is being used more frequently in recent times due to the fact that as technology becomes more sophisticated, people are becoming the weak point in an organisation’s security.
Employers must seek to prevent, as far as "reasonably practicable", any improper conduct or behaviour likely to put the safety, health and welfare of employees at risk.
In summary, employers in businesses prone to this type of crime will have to address their minds to minimising the risks of their employees’ exposure to kidnappings of this nature. This will involve performing a full risk assessment and following up with effective preventative measures which are reasonable in the circumstances and which will stand up to such a test in a court of law. It also involves training employees and preparing them for incidents of this nature.
Have any of you looked into this? I only thought about it today whilst driving to work and a story of another tiger kidnapping was being reported. Its something im going to have to look into further.
Has anybody accounted for this in the safety statement and carried out a risk assesment? I would like a look at it if they did, as its something il be updating ours with.
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Posted By Tony Brunskill
I have been involved in work of this nature in the past. Some very specialist support out there. Cannot provide copies as the findings are confidential for obvoius reasons.
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Posted By Descarte
I presume companies like securicor and various banks will have done lots of work on this which they may be willing to share
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Posted By David Bannister
Try Googling "kidnap risks" for some good stuff, plus one company who are the acknowledged global experts in control.
I have had previous dealings with them and would recommend them.
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Posted By garyh
Maybe you could use the RA, rolled up as a weapon to fight them off??
Surely this is a SECURITY not SAFETY issue.
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Posted By Rob T
(No Gary this can be both).
I made reference to some of these items in my article in the Practitioner this month particularly with regards to training and information.
I presume you are talking about going to particularly hostile environments? You wouldn't have to do any of this for the EU, US, Canada, Oz etc.
If you do need guidance on this please do e-mail me and I'll recommend a few companies that I use.
Cheers
Rob
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Posted By Brian John Abbs
Haven't the last two record breaking armed robberies involved the kidnap of employees kin?
They were in Tonbridge and Belfast.
Perhaps we should be looking at all countries when we look at kidnap risks, not just the usual category A countries.
Just a thought.
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Posted By Rob T
Brian, we need to be reasonable about this. The chances of being kidnapped in the UK and similar countries is negligible whereas the chances in Colombia or Afghanistan for instance, are serious. Personally I wouldn't expect an RA to be completed for Germany/France etc etc, purely as a country/location, but I would for the majority of West Africa or ex Soviet states.
A good guide is the FCO travel website - if you see a country or area that states that you shouldn't go there or "only on essential business" then you should upgrade your RA systems accordingly. (Do remember though that this is a political website and often doesn't include countries like Saudi which can be hazardous!) The answer is to research recent history and make an informed judgement or get someone in who can do that for you.
Cheers
Rob
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Posted By Anders Molko
Well Rob the reason i have been asked to this is because in recent months here in Sweden there have been over 10 high profile Tiger Kidnappings. So it is not restricted to th elikes of Argentina etc.
It is becoming increasingly popular way to rob and due to the nature of my business we are looking it, from both a security perspective and health and safety perspective.
I have been asked to deal with the health and safety side, as we cannot afford to hire an external company to come in and charge huge amounts for the realitivly small risk, the health and safety budget could be better spent elsewhere.
Anybody here able to shed some light on what would be required from a heath and safety perspective?
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