Chapter 5. From Chechen Mafia to the Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus: The Changing Faces of the Insurgency-Organized Crime Nexus

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Chapter 1. The Nexus of Crime and Conflict 1
4. Chapter 2. Afghanistan’s Endless Conflict and the Development of the Opium Industry 23
5. Chapter 3. Tajikistan: From Drug-Insurgency to Drug-State Nexus 49
6. Chapter 4. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan 68
7. Chapter 5. From Chechen Mafia to the Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus: The Changing Faces of the Insurgency-Organized Crime Nexus 82
8. Chapter 6. Georgia’s Conflicts: Abkhazia and South Ossetia 103
9. Chapter 7. Moldova: The Transnistrian Conflict 129
10. Chapter 8. Bosnia-Herzegovina: Where International Wars, Transnational Crime, and Shady Politics Meet 151
11. Chapter 9. The Kosovo Conflict: From Humanitarian Intervention to State Capture 177
12. Chapter 10. Conclusions and Implications for Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping 199
13. Notes 223
14. Contributors 271
15. Index 275
16. Acknowledgments 285