Hitting Them Where it Hurts: A Joint Interagency Network to Disrupt Terrorist Financing in West Africa

Daniel Detzi and Steven Winkleman

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2016, vol. 39, issue 3, 227-239

Abstract: Illicit trafficking networks in West Africa are a major funding source for violent extremist groups in the region. Although the United States has formed interagency constructs in the Caribbean and in Europe to counter illicit trafficking, there is a gap in West Africa. The corridor of smuggling routes from the shores of West Africa into North Africa provides extremist groups with the financing they need to continue their activities. By forming a third interagency organization in West Africa, the United States and its partners could strike a significant blow to violent extremist groups, which continue to threaten U.S. interests in the region.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2015.1099994

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