At the national and international levels, criminal networks are becoming extremely sophisticated at operating in the global environment, resulting in a number of key emerging cross-border and global threats. As a consequence, the involvement of criminal networks in personal crimes such as identity theft, industrial espionage, high-tech crime, blackmail and kidnapping for ransom is of particular serious concern. For instance, there is now estimated to be anywhere between 8,000 and 10,000 kidnap and ransom situations globally on an annual basis, with somewhere in the region of US$500 million of ransom money being handed over to kidnappers.
In 2008, identity theft was estimated to cost around US$1 trillion billion in losses worldwide. The current security climate presents significant challenges for many high wealth or prominent people seeking to live and conduct business both at home and around the world. The requirement for you to consider the protection you have in place for yourself, your family, your home, your possessions and your business, has therefore never been more relevant.
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