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London is the global centre for K&R insurance, but it has not always been a comfortable fit.
倫敦是綁架和贖金保險的中心，但它并不總是一個適合它的地方。
Different countries take different approaches to dealing with the kidnapping of their nationals –
不同的國家采取不同的方法來處理綁架他們的國民——
and the UK, along with the US, has long been a leader of the so-called “no concessions” camp,
英國和美國一直是所謂“不讓步”陣營的領導者，
officially refusing to negotiate with terrorists, pay ransom or make concessions.
官方拒絕與恐怖分子談判、支付贖金或做出讓步。
In April 1986, Jennifer Guinness, the wife of banker and member of the Guinness brewing family John Guinness,
1986年4月，銀行家、吉尼斯釀造家族成員約翰·吉尼斯的妻子詹妮弗·吉尼斯
was kidnapped by a gang that demanded a ransom of 2m pounds.
被一個團伙綁架，該團伙要求200萬英鎊的贖金。
She was rescued in a police raid only eight days after being abducted.
在被綁架8天后，她就在一次警察突襲中獲救。
But the fact that a K&R policy had been triggered
但事實上綁架和贖金保險已經觸發，
and Control Risks were brought in to negotiate a possible ransom sparked outrage.
并且控制風險公司介入，就可能的贖金進行談判，這引發了憤怒。
“Private security firms such as the ones called in on the Guinness kidnapping
私人安保公司，比如那些參與了吉尼斯綁架事件的安保公司
are operating at the very frontiers of official tolerance,” a top police official announced.
都處于官方容忍的極限，”一位高級警官宣布。
The Thatcher government charged that the insurance industry was fuelling a global kidnapping epidemic,
撒切爾政府指責保險業助長了全球綁架的泛濫，
facilitating the payment of ransom and undermining the British no-concessions policy.
促成了贖金的支付，破壞了英國的不讓步政策。
The logic of that policy is that paying ransom puts a target on the back of British citizens, increasing the risk of future kidnappings.
這一政策的邏輯是，支付贖金會讓英國公民成為綁架的對象，增加未來綁架的風險。
It also puts money into the hands of terrorist organisations, which is used to finance their ongoing operations.
它還將資金交到恐怖組織手中，用于資助他們正在進行的行動。
