
What's the price of paying for hostages?
Clip: 2/19/2015 | 6m 27s
What's the price of paying for hostages?
Hostage-taking has become an important moneymaker for terror groups including the Islamic State. Economics correspondent Paul Solman looks at the larger price of paying ransom and cost-effective ways of fighting terror.
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What's the price of paying for hostages?
Clip: 2/19/2015 | 6m 27s
Hostage-taking has become an important moneymaker for terror groups including the Islamic State. Economics correspondent Paul Solman looks at the larger price of paying ransom and cost-effective ways of fighting terror.
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