ramsaysky

Interesting this one - as the death toll in Mexico is way way higher. On balance though for me it is going to be Syria. Jihadists want to abduct and execute foreign journalists. The fighting is random and very intense at times and the Syrian government have an arrest warrant out on me. I met an assassin in Mexico and he said he wouldnt whack me for anything - he said it would cause way too much heat and ruin his income. Im not sure that is the same for local journalists though.

I am pretty certain it was the same guy who abducted me a few weeks earlier and held me tied up with a hood over my head - very unpleasant. He gave the order and he was a Russian separatist.

The fact that they make $54 billion a year in profits. It means they can buy anyone and anything and it simply too good to give up.

No - infact the cartels have asked me to go back and see their meth labs in action. I think they are quite proud of them. Which is cool - but now you mention it maybe that is a BAD idea!

The Mexican assassin was a former soldier and a real pro. Infact he was late to the meeting because he had a "Job" that morning. Apart from that I can't say much. We checked him out and he told us enough to believe him and verify his stories - however he added he would kill us if we repeated it. And as I intend to return I'm saying nothing!! The Ukraine abduction was very scary. I was with my team but Erin Lyall and Clarissa Ward from CBS plus their team got caught up in it as well. We were pulled over at a checkpoint and before we knew it we were led at gunpoint to the CBS van and blindfolded. We were driven for a few hours then taken out and led into a garage. The girls were split from the boys and we were interrogated. The most frightening bit was having my arms above me. My legs kicked apart and plastic sheets opened up beneath me. I though they were body bags. As I say - all very frightening. I think we were going to be long term hostages but they hadn't separated us from our hire car - which they wanted. It had a tracker and Avis came and asked for it back! eventually they decided that too many people knew where we were and we were released.