Title: The terrorist-criminal nexus : an alliance of international drug cartels, organized crime, and terror groups /
Authors: Hesterman, Jennifer L.
Year: 2013
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management.; LAW / Forensic Science.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Terrorism.; Drug control International cooperation; Organized crime; Terrorism
Abstract: "We are currently faced with a new national security challenge that is both vexing and complex. The once clear lines between the international drug trade, terrorism, organized crime, domestic terror, and Mexican drug cartels are blurring as groups increasingly join forces to further individual interests and goals. The synergistic potential of the alliance between nonstate actors and terrorists is alarming. Factor in a rise in domestic terror and cartel activity spilling over U.S. borders and the resulting impact to America is grave. This text highlights the often disregarded, misunderstood, or obscured criminal/terrorist nexus threat to the U.S. Destroying the myth that such liaisons don't exist due to differing ideologies, the book provides a thought-provoking and new look at the complexity and phenomena of the criminal/terrorist nexus."--
Contents: Machine generated contents note: References -- Multinational Corporate Sophistication -- Transnational Organized Crime on the Rise -- Scoping the TOC Challenge -- Eurasian Transnational Crime: Size, Wealth, Reach -- Italian Transnational Crime: Not Your Grandfather's Mafia -- Baltic Transnational Crime: Emergent and Deadly -- Asian Transnational Crime: Sophisticated and Multicultural -- African Criminal Enterprises: Internet Savvy and Vast -- Emerging Area of Concern: North Korea -- Fighting Transnational Crime Overseas ... and within Our Borders -- Palermo Convention: First Strike on TOC -- National Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime -- Agencies and Methods -- INL -- DOJ -- FBI -- Major Areas of Concern, Progress, and Lessons Learned -- Counternarcotics -- Human Trafficking -- Money Laundering -- Corruption -- Lessons Learned -- References -- Postmodern Organizational Theory: The Rise of Modern Terrorism and Groups -- Genesis of Postmodern Groups and Thinking.