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RANSOM POLICY 

MOST Ministries Policy on Ransom and Extortion
MOST Ministries recognizes that payment of a ransom or complying with other demands of a kidnapping or hostage agreement will serve to encourage such behavior in the future. Giving payment or concessions of any sort enables the perpetrators to consider the event a “success.” The knowledge that MOST Ministries pays to have Team Members or Leaders returned would only serve to increase the probability of similar incidents.

However, MOST Ministries does place a high value on the safety of its Team Members and Leaders. In cases of hostage-taking or kidnapping, MOST Ministries will take all other reasonable steps to secure the safe release of hostages.

It is the policy of MOST Ministries that in cases of kidnapping, hostage-taking or other extortion, no ransom or concession that is reasonably likely to cause or contribute to the probability that future similar events will occur shall be paid (or made).


MOST Ministries Policy on Negotiation
MOST Ministries recognizes the distinction between negotiation and payments or concessions in cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking. Negotiations can be conducted without necessarily obligating MOST Ministries to make payments or concessions which violate our policies.

This organization also realizes that hostage negotiation is a very specialized and potentially dangerous activity.

It is a MOST Ministries policy that in cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking of our staff, Team Members or Team Leaders that their safe returns shall be a priority of the organization. All reasonable values consistent with our policies and core values will be made to achieve their safe return. These efforts include hostage negotiation as a strategy of first choice. In cases where MOST Ministries has the opportunity to negotiate for the safe return of hostages, we will seek assistance from professional hostage negotiators working within the new US government policies namely the Family Engagement Coordinator (who will work closely as part of a dedicated Family Engagement Team to provide consistent, coordinated support and information to families of hostages) and the Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell (serves as the U.S. Government’s full-time operational focal point for coordination of all U.S. response activities related to the hostage-taking of U.S. Nationals aboard) as the most effective contacts in the event of an actual hostage taking.

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