Is kidnapping someone for money a crime of extortion or kidnapping?

Lawyer Bi: Suspected of kidnapping. This crime refers to the kidnapping of others by violence, coercion or other means for the purpose of extorting property or other purposes. Or kidnapping others as hostages, the provisions of Article 239 of the Criminal Law shall apply. Lawyer Tian: Hello! Suspected of robbery and kidnapping, it is necessary to threaten relatives to ask them to pay ransom, and extortion is to use threats or extortion to forcibly ask the victim for public or private property. Robbery is to control the victim so that he can't resist handing over property, so your situation is suspected of robbery. If you need more professional answers, please go to the home page for free lawyer online consultation and call the free legal consultation number. Related legal knowledge-criminal responsibility for kidnapping According to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 239 of the Criminal Law, anyone who commits the crime of kidnapping shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated of property; Whoever causes the death of the kidnapped person or kills the kidnapped person shall be sentenced to death and his property shall be confiscated. In accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of this article, whoever steals an infant for the purpose of extorting property shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph. When applying the punishment stipulated in this article, the judicial organs should pay attention to the following issues: 1, "causing the kidnapped person to die" refers to the act of using violence or ill-treatment against the kidnapped person and committing suicide during the kidnapping. "Killing the kidnapped person" refers to the intentional killing of the kidnapped person after kidnapping because of extortion of property or other purposes. 2. If the kidnapping crime causes the victim to die or kill the kidnapped person according to the law, the legislation is definitely a definite statutory punishment, and it is also the death penalty. Therefore, the judicial organs should take a very cautious attitude when applying it and strictly grasp the applicable conditions.