GIGN blends military capability with law enforcement precision, making it one of the world’s most effective paramilitary forces. From mountain warfare to diplomatic security, its operators are trained ...

A raid by France’s elite National Gendarmerie Intervention Group unit that specializes in hostage situations freed Balland the next day, followed the day after that by the liberation, again by ...

Police in France rescued the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a nighttime raid after he was taken hostage for ransom. It's the latest alleged criminal effort in the country to ...

Europe News: In a dramatic rescue, French police freed the kidnapped father of a wealthy crypto entrepreneur from a house south of Paris. The victim, held for rans ...

PARIS — French police rescued the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a nighttime raid after he was taken hostage for ransom, the latest alleged criminal effort in France to ...

PARIS — French police rescued the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a nighttime raid after he was taken hostage for ransom, the latest alleged criminal effort in France to ...

Father of cryptocurrency entrepreneur ‘had finger chopped off’ after being kidnapped for ransom. French media reported that the alleged hostage-takers cut off one of the man's fingers ...

A total of 230 police and gendarmes were involved in the operation, including the GIGN elite tactical unit specialising in hostage situations, as well as cryptocurrency experts.

The GIGN, a specialized tactical unit of the French Gendarmerie, was deployed to negotiate with the kidnappers and locate the victims. Balland was found first, followed by the discovery of his ...

GIGN Commander General Ghislain Réty and Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau address a press conference after David Balland, co-founder of cryptoassets company Ledger, and his partner were kidnapped ...

The rescue operation involved more than 90 officers from the GIGN, one of France's elite tactical police units, leading to Mr Balland's freeing and the arrest of two people.