D-company: a study of the crime-terror nexus in South Asia

Ryan Clarke

International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 2010, vol. 4, issue 3, 264-278

Abstract: This article examines India's largest criminal syndicate – Dawood Ibrahim's D-Company. Although D-Company is global, its primary areas of operation are Mumbai, Karachi and Dubai. The crime-terror nexus is explored in D-Company's relationship with Pakistan's inter-services intelligence (ISI). Two notable cases are: (1) ISI's provision of weaponry to the Khalistan Movement in Punjab via underground networks and (2) ISI and D-Company's joint effort that resulted in the 1993 Mumbai Blasts. Chinese arms in South Asia and the potential role of D-Company as a smuggler on behalf of ISI are then discussed. It is a relationship strengthened by Ibrahim's refuge in Pakistan. This article argues that although the sources of weaponry in possession of Indian-Held Kashmir-based militant groups are many, Chinese arms are found to be the most prevalent and that these weapons are provided by Pakistan and smuggled into Indian-Held Kashmir via criminal syndicates like D-Company.

Keywords: arms smuggling; criminal syndicates; India; Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence; Kashmir; Pakistan; South Asia; terrorism; terrorists; D-Company; Dawood Ibrahim; Karachi; Dubai; crime-terror nexus; weapons; armaments; Khalistan Movement; Punjab; underground networks; terrorist attacks; bombs; explosives; 1993 Mumbai blasts; Bombay bombings; China; business; globalisation; Asia-Pacific; multi-disciplinary perspectives. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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