| ID | 159380 |
| Title Proper | Making Jihad or Making Money? Understanding the Transformation of Dagestan’s Jamaats into Organised Crime Groups |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Souleimanov, Emil Aslan |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | While terrorist and insurgent groups have often combined anti-state subversion with ‘purely‘ criminal activities in order to obtain the financial means to wage their ideological struggle, little is known about the transformation of such groups into non-ideological organised crime groups (OCG) with close links to authorities. This holds particularly for jihadist groups that have on ideological grounds ruled out collaboration with their archenemies – ‘infidels’ and ‘apostates’. Using unique ethnographic data from Russia’s Dagestan, this article explores the causes and contexts of the gradual transformation of some of Dagestan’s jihadist units – jamaats – into organised crime groups collaborating with local authorities. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol. 41, No.4; Jun 2018: p.604-628 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol: 41 No 4 |
| Key Words | Terrorism ; Crime ; Insurgency ; Jihadi Groups ; Financing ; North Caucasu |