Terror-Crime Nexus? Terrorism and Arms, Drug, and Human Trafficking in Georgia
Traughber, Colleen
2007
- Submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Abstract: This paper examines the links between terrorism and arms, drug, and human trafficking in Georgia. It recognizes the increasing nexus between international terrorism and transnational organized crime in Georgia and the South Caucasus in general. Specifically, ... read moreit considers 1) the rise and threat of international terrorism and transnational organized crime, 2) the transnational significance of the geography, society, and political systems and economies in the Caucasus, 3) the indicators of terror-crime collusion in Georgia specifically, and 4) the policy implications to counter the terror-crime nexuses. A qualitative study, this paper uses a methodology called Preparation of the Investigation Environment (PIE) to determine the existence and extent of collusion between terrorists and organized criminals. This methodology was developed by American University s Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) under a Department of Justice grant and resulted in a paper entitled, Methods and Motives: Exploring Links between Transnational Organized Crime & International Terrorism. This framework provides a terror-crime interaction spectrum, which results in five categories of terror-crime collusion and utilizes twelve indicators to analyze interaction. Analysis in this study led to the following collusions: First, terrorists and organized criminals are using the same routes as arms, drug, and human traffickers. Second, terrorists are financing their activities from drugs and arms trafficking, but not human trafficking. As a result, third, terrorists can be more effectively countered by the penetration of drug and arms trafficking networks.read less
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