[HIB]Brazil kidnapping ring used Web to find victims

Brazilian police dismantled a kidnapping ring that scoured social-networking sites for victims who appeared to be wealthy, then used profile information to track them to their jobs or favorite bars or clubs. Nine people were arrested last week — mostly young men who spent hours on the Internet planning their crimes, authorities said Monday. Police uncovered the group while investigating the kidnapping of a 19-year-old man in the interior of Sao Paulo state. Investigators monitored the suspects' communications to rescue the victim. Authorities did not say how many other kidnappings the group was responsible for, or how long it had been acting in and around Sao Paulo.

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