Crisis management after product extortion
Turpentine, coliform bacteria, pesticides, cyanide, broken glass or chemicals: the list of means with which products have been laced in order to extort companies is long; the procurement of these toxins, on the other hand, is simple. The core of any product extortion lies in the nature of the perpetrators, their psyche, their criminal energy, and their determination to carry out the threat. A look at the statistics brings astonishing insights: "The perpetrators" is usually "the perpetrator", namely a classic lone perpetrator. Often this lone perpetrator tries to fake a group in order to increase his "dangerousness". It is almost exclusively men who commit this type of crime, and they are often of above-average intelligence. It is also interesting to note that one hardly ever finds previously convicted or habitual criminals among the group of perpetrators of product extortion. The psychological profiles of these perpetrators would certainly provide [...]