Shelley, Louise. Addressing the Links of Crime and Terrorism
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Loretta Napoleoni
EXTRA ColdType The ● ● WRITING WORTHREADER READING ISSUE 26 MAY 2008 TWENTIETH-CENTURY GREAT ILLUSIONISTS An excerpt from Rogue Economics, the new book by Loretta Napoleoni A 24-PAGE COLDTYPE SPECIAL ROGUE ECONOMICS | LORETTA NAPOLEONI ROGUE ECONOMICS Capitalism’s New Reality LORETTA NAPOLEONI Published by SEVEN STORIES PRESS Price $24.95 (US)£13.99 (UK) Respected economist and syndicated journalist Loretta Napoleoni shows how he world is being reshaped by dark economic forces creating victims out of millions of ordinary people whose lives have become trapped inside a fantasy world of consumerism. The world has become overrun by organizations, both private and public, which have accumulated vast fortunes and enormous political influence by regulating, containing, and manipulating the market to their own advantage. From Eastern Europe’s booming sex trade industry to China’s “online sweatshops,” from al-Qaeda’s underwriters to America’s subprime mortgage lending scandal, Rogue Economics exposes the paradoxical economic connections of the new global marketplace. Pre-Publication Comments Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy “When you’re ready to take a big leap beyond Freakonomics, strap yourself in for Rogue-o-nomics, Loretta Napoleoni’s devilishly enjoy- able journey into the money veins of the new global order—from sex slavery to fad-diet slavery. It is truly, an incredibly original work.” John Perkins, author of Confessions of An Economic Hit Man “Rogue Economics offers a fascinating view of how terribly wrong things -
The Evolution of the Crime-Terror Nexus in Europe
The Evolution of the Crime-Terror Nexus in Europe Noemi Maria Rocca PhD candidate in International Relations – International Politics and Conflict Resolution, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra. Abstract Resumo A Evolução do Nexo Crime-Terror na Europa Empirical evidence confirms that in Europe there are growing links between criminal Evidências empíricas confirmam que na Europa organizations (OCs) and terrorist groups estão a crescer as ligações entre organizações cri- (GTs) – known as the “crime-terror nexus”. minosas (OCs) e grupos terroristas (GTs) – deno- After the end of the Cold War and, particu- minado “nexo crime-terror”. Após o fim da Guer- larly, since global financial operations came ra Fria e, particularmente, desde que as operações under greater control, the financing of illicit financeiras mundiais passaram a ser objeto de um and criminal actions has consequently been maior controlo, o financiamento de ações ilícitas conditioned. This resulted in greater proxim- e criminosas passou consequentemente a ser con- ity and cooperation between OCs and WGs dicionado. Deste facto resultou uma maior apro- not only in fragile states or undemocratic ximação e cooperação entre as OCs e os GTs não regimes, but in the western democracies apenas em Estados frágeis ou regimes não demo- themselves. The article also analyzes the con- cráticos, mas nas próprias democracias ocidentais. tent of the judicial sentences on cooperation O artigo analisa ainda o conteúdo das sentenças and collusions between terrorist groups and judiciais sobre a cooperação e colusões entre gru- criminal organizations. pos terroristas e organizações criminosas. Keywords: crime-terror nexus; terrorist Palavras-chave: nexo crime-terror; grupos groups; jihadists; criminal organizations; terroristas; jihadistas; organizações criminosas; ISIS; mafias. -
Forum on Crime and Society
Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 500, 1400 Vienna, Austria Tel: (+43-1) 26060-0, Fax: (+43-1) 26060-5866, www.unodc.org FORUM ON CRIME AND SOCIETY Volume 4,Volume Numbers 1 and 2, December 2004 ON CRIME AND SOCIETY Volume 4, Numbers 1 and 2, December 2004 Terrorism and organized crime The economics of terrorism The new economy of terror Statistics on terrorism Early detection of terrorist campaigns UNODC counter-terrorism activities The Counter-Terrorism Committee and Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) Coping with terrorist threats at major events V05-881059-CB.qxd 23/11/05 11:35 am Page i UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME FORUM ON CRIME AND SOCIETY Volume 4, Numbers 1 and 2, December 2004 Guest editor ALEX P. SCHMID Terrorism and organized crime The economics of terrorism The new economy of terror Statistics on terrorism Early detection of terrorist campaigns UNODC counter-terrorism activities The Counter-Terrorism Committee and Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) Coping with terrorist threats at major events UNITED NATIONS New York, 2005 V05-881059-CB.qxd 23/11/05 11:35 am Page ii UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION Sales No. E.05.IV.8 ISBN 92-1-130246-3 ISSN 1020-9212 Views expressed in signed articles published in Forum are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Secretariat of the United Nations. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. -
The Coming Balkan Caliphate: the Threat of Radical Islam to Europe and the West
The Coming Balkan Caliphate: The Threat of Radical Islam to Europe and the West Christopher Deliso PRAEGER SECURITY INTERNATIONAL THE COMING BALKAN CALIPHATE Praeger Security International Advisory Board Board Cochairs Loch K. Johnson, Regents Professor of Public and International Affairs, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia (U.S.A.) Paul Wilkinson, Professor of International Relations and Chairman of the Advi- sory Board, Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews (U.K.) Members Eliot A. Cohen, Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies and Director, Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University (U.S.A.) Anthony H. Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, Center for Strategic and International Studies (U.S.A.) The´re`se Delpech, Director of Strategic Affairs, Atomic Energy Commission, and Senior Research Fellow, CERI (Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques), Paris (France) Sir Michael Howard, former Chichele Professor of the History of War and Regis Professor of Modern History, Oxford University, and Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History, Yale University (U.K.) Lieutenant General Claudia J. Kennedy, USA (Ret.), former Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army (U.S.A.) Paul M. Kennedy, J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and Director, International Security Studies, Yale University (U.S.A.) Robert J. O’Neill, former Chichele