Mystic, I don't have any special insight on this, but some observations. Often times around here you see picture postures with children's names and pictures on them, telling when they disappeared, and where. I used to think, "how sad about these children being kidnapped." I think what often happens in this country is that a parent will be given custody of a child, and the other parent thinks that is unfair, so they go kidnap their own child, then leave the area, maybe even go to another country, and many times the parent from whom the child is kidnapped doesn't see that child for many years, or maybe even forever. In many cases or even in most case there is no harm coming to the child, but just that the child is with the other parent. Usually in this country, USA, it is the woman who gets custody of the child, and it is the man who kidnaps the child, and then disappears with that child. Usually here it is a matter of a bad relationship, bad marriage, and fighting between a husband and a wife, which is very sad as the children usually are the ones who suffer. Then of course there are times that crimes are commited driven by really hard feelings between a husband and a wife involving the children. It is sad when children are used as pawns in the hands of fighting parents, and they run competition to see who can bribe the child with the best presents/toys, etc. It is sad also when people black mail each other for what they want or need. Of course the father of the child in this country is expected to pay for the keep of their children whether they can see their children or not, and that gives way to lots of hard feelings. The law is on the side of the parent seeking the child support, and the parent can lose his/her driver's license, and also can have wages garnished as well as being put in jail, so it is serious business.
