Dirty Entanglements
Corruption, Crime, and Terrorism

Using lively case studies, this book analyzes the transformation of crime and terrorism and the business logic of terrorism.

Louise I. Shelley (Author)

9781107689305, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 July 2014

386 pages, 1 b/w illus. 5 maps 2 tables
22.6 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.52 kg

'A major strength of the book is that it is supported by extensive field research. It is based on interviews with individuals who have conducted detailed investigations of crime and terrorism or held high-level policy positions in their countries or in multinational organizations … Those who are interested to understand some of the major problems of today's world should read Shelly's Dirty Entanglements – Corruption, Crime and Terrorism.' Mokbul Morshed Ahmad, Academic Council on the United Nations System

The entangled threat of crime, corruption, and terrorism now deserves high-level policy attention because of its growth trajectory. Using lively case studies, this book analyzes the transformation of crime and terrorism and the business logic of terrorism. Louise I. Shelley concludes that corruption, crime, and terrorism will remain important security challenges in the twenty-first century as a result of economic and demographic inequalities in the world, the rise of ethnic and sectarian violence, climate change, the growth of technology, and the failure of nineteenth- and twentieth-century institutions to respond to these challenges when they emerged.

Introduction
Part I. The Logic of Corruption, Crime, and Terrorism: 1. Crime and corruption behind the mass attacks
2. Corruption: an incubator of organized crime and terrorism
3. The evolution of organized crime and terrorism
4. Environments, networks, and pipelines
Part II. The Diverse Businesses of Terrorism: 5. The business of terrorism and the criminal financing of terrorism
6. The drug trade
7. The less policed illicit trade: antiquities, counterfeits, and diverted products
8. Ultimate fears – WMD and crime-terror connections
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Criminology: legal aspects [LAR], International relations [JPS], Crime & criminology [JKV]