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Investigating� Criminal Networks

by Alia Allana

Saturday, October 6, 2018

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THE CHARACTERS

The rockstar militant

The fading starlet

The jihadi next door

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Mutiny in Assam

  • Calls for autonomy by DHD(J) result in chaos
  • Arms dealers reveal a smuggling route
  • Deals struck in South East Asia bring weapons from the Iraq war to India
  • Training camps act as safe havens, rebels as peddlers
  • Rs. 1,000 crore scam
  • Militants lay down their weapons, enter politics
  • A NIA enquiry, puts key members in Guwahati prison

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BOLLYWOOD STARLET FALLS FOR DRUG KINGPIN

  • The importance of the humble press release
  • Constable knows best
  • “I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.” HST
  • The unregulated pharmaceutical industry
  • The Punjab connect
  • The importance of routes

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  • Relocate to Kenya
  • Breaking Bad in small town India
  • Rs 2000 crore drug haul
  • DEA on their trail

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The Smack Track and beyond

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SOURCES AND DATA

  • Shipping records
  • Pharmaceutical company records, UN publications
  • Tramadol from Amritsar
  • Late night Googling, the Gaza connect
  • Libya: criminal networks exploit the chaos of the “Arab Spring.”

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Investigating ISIS

  • ISIS lives online as much as it does offline
  • Finding handlers, jihadis online
  • Analyzing their videos and press releases
  • Studying online activity
  • Good old-fashioned police work
  • The story of the four from Hyderabad

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One-way ticket to the Caliphate

  • We thought, he was dead until he was standing in front of us
  • How do you investigate ISIS when you can’t step foot in their Caliphate?
  • Trace the footsteps of their foot soldier
  • Areeb Majeed’s journey from a Muslim Mohalla to Mosul
  • From training camps to the blotched attempts at suicide
  • Pick up the phone

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At Guwahati Central Jail, Jewel asked, �“who is the real criminal?”