Coming Soon The Crime–Terror Nexus: Navigating Between Political Violence and Organised Crime

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The Crime–Terror Nexus: Navigating Between Political Violence and Organised Crime

Edited by Viktor Marsai · Diego Muro
Coming Soon Routledge Available October 2026

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ISBN-13
9781041298205
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
October 2026
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This edited volume responds to the need for updated conceptual tools and fresh analytical approaches to critically examine the evolving intersections between organised crime and political violence in a rapidly shifting global landscape.

The book develops a multidimensional typology – comprised of co-optation, competition and co-production – that captures the full spectrum of interactions between criminal and terrorist actors. This framework moves beyond linear models to reflect the fluid, adaptive, and context-specific nature of hybrid threats. It then applies the typology to thirteen rigorously researched case studies spanning Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas to illuminate both recurring patterns and unique regional dynamics, offering comparative insights into how the nexus between organised crime and terrorism manifests across diverse political, economic, and cultural environments.

This book will be of interest to researchers, advanced students and analysts in the fields of terrorism studies, criminology, security studies, international relations, and political science more broadly. It will also be useful reading for practitioner in government agencies, international organisations and NGOs focused on conflict prevention.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Viktor Marsai and Diego Muro
Chapter 1: Structural change and the crime-terror nexus: is a typology feasible?
Clara Broekaert and Colin P. Clarke
Chapter 2: The nexus between organised crime and terrorism: a tripartite conceptualisation
Letizia Paoli and Cyrille Fijnaut
Chapter 3: Whacking moles: A neoliberal approach to financial security
William Vlcek
Chapter 4: Terrorists or rulers? A comparative study of ETA and the IRA through the lens of rebel governance
Diego Muro and Tim Wilson
Chapter 5: The criminal connections of lone-actor terrorism
Ovidiu Craciunas
Chapter 6: Jihadi mimics: how and why non-jihadist groups use jihadist tropes
Simon Cottee
Chapter 7: Cultural heritage and terrorism: how illicit trade can finance extremism – the case of ISIL
Anna Puskás
Chapter 8: Adapting to the convergence of crime and terror in the Western hemisphere
Jessica M. Vaughan
Chapter 9: Al-Shabaab’s Financing – Furthering the Pursuit of Jihad
Omar S Mahmood
Chapter 10: Caravan Terrorism in the Sahel
Viktor Marsai
Chapter 11: The “black hole” – terrorism and organized crime in Talib Afghanistan
Erzsébet Nagyné Rózsa and Virág Novák-Varró
Conclusion
Viktor Marsai and Diego Muro

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