Citation

Teirilä OJ. Stud. Conflict Terrorism 2014; 37(1): 18-40.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/1057610X.2014.853605

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The recent conflict in the Sahel area is another case where the nexus of terrorism and organized crime causes challenges to the international community. Comparing the situation with that of the Andean region brings forth the challenges faced when dealing with this type of conflict: the states' weak presence in the remote regions, the insurgents' ability to offer income and "security" to the people, immediate threat to international investments, unresolved political/regional issues, the marriage of convenience of insurgents/terrorists and organized crime, internal divisions of the insurgent groups and also ideologies surviving or suffering after the elimination of their leaders.