FRANCE - The middleman: negotiating between hostage takers and governments

For several months this year, France held the dubious record of being the Western country with the highest number of nationals held hostage abroad. The hostage-taking "market" can be lucrative; over the years, unofficial middlemen have been hired to mediate between kidnappers and their hostages' governments. Well connected, they work in the shadows - but their role is far from being on a voluntary basis. We meet one of them.

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