KIDNAP FOR RANSOM IS ON THE INCREASE GLOBALLY

Kidnap for ransom incidents are among the most complex criminal phenomena in the world. Every year, countless people are being held at gunpoint, transported to a secret place, abused and held against their will until their families, employers or governments will pay a ransom for their release. This cynical crime, that sees human beings as a tradable commodity, is practiced by criminals, rebel groups and terrorist organizations alike.

The KRIM™ programme is an interactive fully online programme for managers in organizations tasked with responding to critical incidents involving staff members who are victims of a kidnap for ransom incident.

The programme is foremost aimed at managers who are responsible for crisis response in companies and organizations with an international presence in kidnap for ransom prone areas of the world.

The KRIM™ programme provides a comprehensive learning experience that goes further and deeper than any other existing programme and is unique in its kind.

The KRIM™ programme consists of four phases and is delivered in a fixed sequence (Phase I-IV), with Phase I, self-paced learning, over a period of two months, Phase II, interactive instructions by experts, scheduled and delivered over two weeks, Phase III, responding to a complex kidnap incident in a real-time/real-life simulation, scheduled and delivered over two weeks and Phase IV, individual mentoring, to be scheduled by the programme director in coordination with individual participants.

INTERNATIONALLY ACCREDITED TO LEVEL 6

Prosectra Ltd, one of the partners behind the KRIM™ Programme, is the Highfield Qualifications International Approved Centre and is responsible for presenting successful KRIM™ delegates to Highfield for validation of the Level 6 Certification Kidnap Incident Manager CKIM™ qualification, which is accredited by Highfield International, the international branch of Highfield Qualifications, a top 5 UK awarding organisation. Highfield accreditation has recognised the KRIM™ programme as being equivalent to a level 6, using the Ofqual’s Regulated Qualification Framework (RQF) as a reference.

KRIM™ PROGRAMME DIRECTOR

Timo der Weduwen is a graduate of Scotland Yard's international hostage negotiation program and a senior hostage negotiator for 24 years on the global stage. He has been responsible for the training of the United Nations hostage incident management and security management cadre, and aims at bolstering personal and organizational excellence through creating effective responses to crisis incidents. He remains active as a crisis responder in kidnap for ransom incidents.

KRIM™ PROGRAMME BOARD

The programme is unique, in the sense that it synthesizes more than fifty years of research and global best practices. The quality of the programme is validated by a Programme Board consisting of world experts in the field of crisis-response, law enforcement, hostage negotiation and kidnap for ransom incident management.