Transnational Crime and the Criminal-Terrorist Nexus: Synergies and Corporate Trends

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Cross-Cutting Challenges and their Implications for the Mediterranean region

“…For example, terrorist organisations like al-Qaeda have reportedly collaborated with the Italian mafia, while ISIS has developed its own transnational criminal enterprises to fund many of its operations (D'Alfonso, 2014 ;Hesterman, 2004).…”