This book describes and analyzes the convergence of transnational organized crime and jihadist terrorism that has taken place within Russian-speaking social networks in Western Europe. Studies have shown that while under certain circumstances links between criminal organizations and terrorist groups appear, these are usually opportunistic and temporary in nature. Only rarely do they develop into […]
Doku Umarov (1964-2013), also known as Dokka Umarov and later Abu Usman, was the founder and leader of the Caucasus Emirate. An ethnic Chechen, he, like many North Caucasian jihadis, experienced an ideological slide from secularism and separatism to jihadism. Umarov personally described how he took up jihad, with the help of a relative, from […]
Soon after Edo (present Tokyo) in 1603 had been chosen as the new capital of Japan, vicious street gangs took over the streets of the city. Until 1687, when most gangs were suppressed, they formed a colourful and violent part of Japanese organized crime. Get Full text in PDF
Soon after Edo (present Tokyo) in 1603 had been chosen as the new capital of Japan, vicious street gangs took over the streets of the city. Until 1687, when most gangs were suppressed, they formed a colourful and violent part of Japanese organized crime. Get Full text in PDF
Opium and its modern derivative heroin have for long remained a serious threat against civilisation as we know it, both in the East and in the West. Today, a large share of the available heroin comes from the area known as the Golden Triangle, the vast borderlands between Thailand, Burma, and Laos… Get Full text in […]
