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The Links between Jihadi Organizations and Illegal Trafficking in the Sahel [1]

MENARA Papers [2]

The Links between Jihadi Organizations and Illegal Trafficking in the Sahel

[3]
Authors:
Djallil Lounnas [4]
30/11/2018

This paper examines the links between jihadi organizations and illegal criminal activities in the Sahel region. Based on extensive interviews conducted in the region, the paper argues that, while radical organizations are linked with activities such as human trafficking and drug trafficking, this is not their main sources of revenue, which in fact generally comes from kidnapping. Furthermore, the paper shows that those groups have developed links with illegal networks that deal in the basic goods the organizations need, such as gas, weapons and food. While jihadi groups do maintain relations with various illegal economic sectors in the Sahel, those relations are not as strong as many have argued.

menara_wp_25.pdf [3]

Details

  • Details

    Rome, IAI, November 2018, 11 p.
  • In:
    MENARA Papers [2]
  • Issue

    Working Papers 25

Table of contents

Introduction
1. Jihadi Organizations and Human Trafficking
2. Jihadi Organizations and Weapons Trafficking
3. Jihadi Organizations and Drug Trafficking
3.1 The Debate among Jihadists with Regard to Drug Trafficking
3.2 Jihadi Organizations in the Sahel and Drug Trafficking
Conclusion
References
Annex: List of Interviews

External links

Paper in MENARA website [5]

Source URL:https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c28/links-between-jihadi-organizations-and-illegal-trafficking-sahel

Links
[1] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c28/links-between-jihadi-organizations-and-illegal-trafficking-sahel [2] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/lista/all/menara-papers [3] https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/menara_wp_25.pdf [4] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/djallil-lounnas [5] http://www.menaraproject.eu/?p=1364