Beschreibung:
Michael Fredholm is Professor and Head of Research and Development at IRI, Stockholm, Sweden. He is the editor of Understanding Lone Actor Terrorism: Past Experience, Future Outlook, and Response Strategies (Routledge, 2016).
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.
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Crime-Terror Interaction 3. Thieves within the Law and Organized Crime in Post-Soviet Space 4. Origins of Russian-speaking Jihadist Terrorism 5. Wolves of Chechnya and Separatism in Northern Caucasus 6. Confrontation in the Central Asian Republics 7. The Caucasus Emirate 8. Online Presence from the ChRI to Kavkaz Center 9. Convergence as a Diaspora Response 10. Lessons from Russian-speaking Transnational Organized Crime and Jihadist Terrorist Cases in Sweden 11. Implications for Counterterrorism and Policing