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ORGANISED CRIME IN ARMED CONFLICT

LECTURE 4

 

DR. EVELYNE ASAALA 

 

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Introduction

  • What is the inter-relationship between armed conflict and organized crime;
  • What is the place of corruption in the interface between armed conflict and organized crime?
  • Who profits from the armed conflict in Africa?
  • What are the legal consequences of these interface?
  • What would you consider to be the best approach in addressing organised crime in armed conflict?

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The inter-relationship between armed conflict and organized crime

  • Armed conflict provides conducive environment for organized crime to thrive
  • Organised crime fuels armed conflict
  • Illustrations: Boko haram in Nigeria; or The Charles Taylor case in Liberia
  • hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHr4Epq-Obw

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Consequences:

  • A compromised democratic space: the media is always either undermined or incorporated in the criminal chain
  • Absence/weakened rule of law

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