Threat Profiles Kenya Indonesia Colombia May 2016 Kenya
Threat Profiles Kenya Indonesia Colombia May 2016
Kenya Security Threats • Terrorism - Al Shabaab • Kidnapping and Express Kidnapping • Piracy • House Invasions- often violent with GBV • Car jacking • Street Crime – bag snatching; ATMs; taxis • Public Transport Medical • Malaria; HIV/AIDS; Dengue; Yellow Fever Natural Hazards • Earthquakes; Flash floods; Landslides Other • Gay male sex illegal; Visa;
Indonesia Security Threats • • Terrorism Street disturbances Street crime including in Bali ATM and credit card fraud -skimming Sexual Assault Food and drink spiking Bogus police and other officers • Medical Rabies (monkeys); malaria; dengue • Natural hazards Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, land slides, flash floods, smoke pollution (July. Oct) • • Other Sharia Law in force in some areas; Aviation and nautical accidents common (inc. Bali and Lombok); Drug laws harsh; Alcohol can be poisonous (methanol); Street taxis often implicated in crime Independence Day 17 August; Registration with Police; gambling illegal
Colombia Security Threats • Terrorism (left wing revolutionary); drugs and organised crime interlinked • Kidnapping (one of highest rates in the world) • Street crime • Armed Robbery – including roads at night • Drink, food spiking • Robbery of taxi passengers • Bogus police officers and other officials • Land mines and UXOs in rural areas and are not always marked Medical Zika; Yellow Fever; malaria; altitude sickness Natural Hazards Earthquakes; land slides; flooding Other Street taxis often implicated in crime; Venezuela border closed in many places; coastal Choco good for eco tourism but stay in principle towns only; Panama border region especially dangerous; hikers robbed on trails near Bogota; drug laws harsh
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