{"product_id":"terrorist-criminal-nexus-hardback","title":"Terrorist-Criminal Nexus - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003ePostmodern global terrorist groups engage sovereign nations asymmetrically with prolonged, sustained campaigns driven by ideology. Increasingly, transnational criminal organizations operate with sophistication previously only found in multinational corporations. Unfortunately, both of these entities can now effectively hide and morph, keeping law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the dark and on the run. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps more disturbing is the fact that al Qaeda, Hezbollah, FARC, drug cartels, and increasingly violent gangs—as well as domestic groups such as the Sovereign Citizens—are now joining forces. Despite differing ideologies, they are threatening us in new and provocative ways. \u003cb\u003eThe Terrorist-Criminal Nexus: An Alliance of International Drug Cartels, Organized Crime, and Terror Groups \u003c\/b\u003eframes this complex issue using current research and real-world examples of how these entities are sharing knowledge, training, tactics, and—in increasing frequency—joining forces. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding policy makers, security strategists, law enforcement and intelligence agents, and students with new evidence of this growing threat, this volume:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines current and future threats from international and domestic criminal and terror groups\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentifies specific instances in which these groups are working together or in parallel to achieve their goals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the \"lifeblood\" of modern organizations—the money trail\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes how nefarious groups leverage both traditional funding methods and e-commerce to raise, store, move, and launder money\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the social networking phenomenon and reveals how it is the perfect clandestine platform for spying, communicating, recruiting, and spreading propaganda\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvestigates emergent tactics such as the use of human shields, and the targeting of first responders, schools, hospitals, and churches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis text reveals the often disregarded, misunderstood, or downplayed nexus threat to the United States. Proving definitively that such liaisons exist despite differing ideologies, the book provides a thought-provoking new look at the complexity and phenomena of the terrorist-criminal nexus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was excerpted in the February\/March 2013 issue of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/onlinedigitalpublishing.com\/publication\/?i=142358\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Counter Terrorist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45546402906350,"sku":"9781466557611","price":227.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781466557611.jpg?v=1720233217","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/terrorist-criminal-nexus-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}