Terrorist criminal enterprises : financing terrorism through organized crime / Kimberley L. Thachuk and Rollie Lal, editors ; foreword by Christopher A. Kojm.
| Other author | Thachuk, Kimberley L., 1962- editor. |
| Other author | Lal, Rollie, editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2018] |
| Description | 1 online resource (xv, 212 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1. An introduction to terrorist criminal enterprises / Kimberley L. Thachuk and Rollie Lal -- 2. The gangsterization of terrorism / Kimberley L. Thachuk -- 3. Da'esh in Iraq and Syria : terrorist criminal enterprise / Colin P. Clarke and Phil Williams -- 4. Da'esh and Al-Qaida in Europe / Rollie Lal -- 5. The industry of terror : criminal financing of the North Caucasus insurgency / Yuliya Zabyelina -- 6. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) : a transnational criminal-insurgent-terror phenomenon / Max G. Manwaring -- 7. Boko Haram and al-Shabaab : adaptable criminal financing amid expanded terror / Omar S. Mahmood -- 8. The Haqqani Network : gangster Jihadists / Kimberley L. Thachuk -- 9. The evolution of the PKK into a criminal enterprise / Mahmut Cengiz and Suleyman Ozeren -- 10. Hezbollah : the continuing expansion of a robust criminal enterprise / Rhea D. Siers -- 11. Cashing in on fragility : Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and crime in the Sahelo-Saharan region / Audra Grant -- 12. The Abu Sayyaf Group : a destructive duality / Richard T. Oakley -- 13. Policy options : combating terrorist criminal enterprises / Rollie Lal. |
| Abstract | This volume seeks to explain how and why terrorist groups are often now criminal enterprises through 12 case studies written by authors who have derived their expertise on terrorism and/or organized crime from diverse sources. Terrorist groups have been chosen from different regions to provide the global coverage. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 30, 2018). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Terrorist criminal enterprises. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2018] 9781440860676 |
| LCCN | 2018006684 |
| ISBN | 9781440860683 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1440860688 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |