Authored by Special Risks Analysis, Control Risks As companies around the world tentatively consider a return to international travel, they will of necessity refocus their attention on the threats facing their personnel heading overseas; notable among them, the resurgent spectres of kidnap and extortion. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Control Risks’ Special Risks Analysis experts have been monitoring kidnapping and other extortive crime trends to enable us to accurately assess the threat as the world reconnects.