Word: vestey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Several of these victims have cost their employers small fortunes. The "Vestey interests," a British conglomerate, paid a reported $1,000,000 in December to free the kidnaped head of its Argentine operations. The Argentine manager of Boston's First National Bank was released after the bank paid a $750,000 ransom. Another $1.5 million ransom was reportedly paid for the British president of Argentina's largest cigarette company, who was released last week. His wife, convinced from the start that his company would pay whatever ransom was demanded, went on television to admonish the kidnapers to "give...