ABSTRACT
On the evening of Tuesday, June 16, 2009, James Amburn, an American banker and nancial advisor, was kidnapped from his home in Speyer, Germany. The adversaries in this case can perhaps only be described as history’s most usual crew of kidnappers to ever target another individual. Amburn arrived at his residence to nd four men, all retirees with an age range of between 57 and 80 years of age. They had traveled from their homes in Bavaria, a distance of some 280 miles. Amburn had been the advisor for these men and when the economy turned downward, they lost approximately $5 million in investments in the U.S. real estate market.
