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Jere Van Dyk In Los Angeles

In 2014, Jere Van Dyk traveled to Afghanistan to try to discover the motives behind a kidnapping that had occurred six years earlier--his own. In pursuing his kidnappers, and the stories of the intermediaries and money men, Van Dyk uncovered not just the story of his own abduction, but the operation of what he calls the Trade: the business of kidnapping. Operating according to its own shadowy rules, the Trade has become a murky form of negotiation between criminal groups, corporations, families, and governments who have no formal lines of communication.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 4 - 6 PM
THE TOWER ROOM
800 W. 1ST STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

Street parking or paid parking available across the street (704 W. 1st street)

Jere Van Dyk is a journalist and author who has focused much of his writing on Afghanistan and Pakistan. While reporting on the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, Van Dyk was captured and held by the Taliban for 45 days in 2008. He is currently a consultant on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and al-Qaeda for CBS News.

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