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Warpzit at 2024-01-31 14:57:25+00:00 ID:
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Den her er fra 2019:
SkumbagBirdy at 2024-01-31 15:09:05+00:00 ID:
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As this paper has shown, terrorism in Europe overlaps with the drug trade in two primary arenas: amongst jihadists, and with paramilitaries in Northern Ireland. In the European jihadist context there appear to be no formal, structural, or inherent links to the drug trade. Many jihadists do, however, have a background in either consuming or dealing drugs, which can have an ancillary, indirect role on their radicalisation process. This involvement can continue long after they begin engaging with extremist ideas and networks. Where this does occur, post-radicalisation behaviour generally mirrors pre-radicalisation usage.
Overall, however, there are no inherent, automatic, or ubiquitous crossovers between terrorists and the drug trade.
Det står i konklusionen i bunden.
Warpzit at 2024-01-31 15:51:32+00:00 ID:
koam82t
Lol cherry pick much.
Overall, however, there are no inherent, automatic, or ubiquitous crossovers between terrorists and the drug trade. Crossovers do exist, but in specific places and circumstances, showing how the boundaries between criminality and extremism are often blurred. Drugs are but one aspect of that.
This presents a challenge to many EU states that are unaccustomed to dealing with this combination. As a French intelligence official stated regarding the terrorist attacks by the criminal-turned-jihadist Mohamed Merah: ‘We were [used to] dealing with Islamists, not delinquents’ (Durang-Souffland, 2017). Yet many EU member states still have a functional separation between their anti-drugs and counterterrorism agencies, which can potentially lead to overlooking such crossovers (EMCDDA, 2016, p. 24). Adapting to this reality is key in understanding an important aspect of the terrorist threat in Europe.