Migration, transnational crime and terrorism : exploring the nexus in Europe and southeast Asia

Theories of a crime-terror nexus are well established in the literature. Often conceptualised along a continuum, relationships between organisations range from contracting services and the appropriation of tactics, to complete mergers or even role changes. Recent irregular migrant movements have add...

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Main Authors: Franco, Joseph, Sumpter, Cameron
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
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Published: 2019
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-900612020-11-01T08:04:40Z Migration, transnational crime and terrorism : exploring the nexus in Europe and southeast Asia Franco, Joseph Sumpter, Cameron S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Crime-Terror Nexus Organised Crime Social sciences::Political science Theories of a crime-terror nexus are well established in the literature. Often conceptualised along a continuum, relationships between organisations range from contracting services and the appropriation of tactics, to complete mergers or even role changes. Recent irregular migrant movements have added to the nexus, providing financial opportunities to criminal enterprises and creating grievances and heated debate that has fuelled the anger of ideological groups. In Europe, terrorist organisations have worked with and sometimes emulated organised crime syndicates through involvement in the trafficking of drugs, people, weapons and antiquities. In Southeast Asia, conflict areas provide the backdrop for cross-border drug trafficking and kidnap-for-ransom activities, while extremist groups both commit crimes for profit and target criminals for recruitment. Published version 2019-07-16T09:12:57Z 2019-12-06T17:39:49Z 2019-07-16T09:12:57Z 2019-12-06T17:39:49Z 2018 Journal Article Sumpter, C. & Franco, J. (2018). Migration, transnational crime and terrorism : exploring the nexus in Europe and southeast Asia. Perspectives on Terrorism, 12(5), 36-50. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90061 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49384 https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/content/assets/customsites/perspectives-on-terrorism/2018/issue-5/sumpter-and-franco-2.pdf en Perspectives on Terrorism Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. 15 p. application/pdf
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Organised Crime
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Franco, Joseph
Sumpter, Cameron
Migration, transnational crime and terrorism : exploring the nexus in Europe and southeast Asia
description Theories of a crime-terror nexus are well established in the literature. Often conceptualised along a continuum, relationships between organisations range from contracting services and the appropriation of tactics, to complete mergers or even role changes. Recent irregular migrant movements have added to the nexus, providing financial opportunities to criminal enterprises and creating grievances and heated debate that has fuelled the anger of ideological groups. In Europe, terrorist organisations have worked with and sometimes emulated organised crime syndicates through involvement in the trafficking of drugs, people, weapons and antiquities. In Southeast Asia, conflict areas provide the backdrop for cross-border drug trafficking and kidnap-for-ransom activities, while extremist groups both commit crimes for profit and target criminals for recruitment.
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title Migration, transnational crime and terrorism : exploring the nexus in Europe and southeast Asia
title_short Migration, transnational crime and terrorism : exploring the nexus in Europe and southeast Asia
title_full Migration, transnational crime and terrorism : exploring the nexus in Europe and southeast Asia
title_fullStr Migration, transnational crime and terrorism : exploring the nexus in Europe and southeast Asia
title_full_unstemmed Migration, transnational crime and terrorism : exploring the nexus in Europe and southeast Asia
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