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ORGANISED CRIME IN ARMED CONFLICT

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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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THE END

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