Full Description
This book offers a rare insight into the transnational expansion and various corners of the illicit economy in Turkey including the smuggling of pharmaceuticals, oil, antiquities, drugs, nuclear materials and cigarettes. Mahmut Cengiz and Mitchel P. Roth provide an in depth analysis of the criminals, terrorists, money launderers, and corrupt politicians at the highest levels of the Turkish government. They analyze the unintended consequences of corruption scandals which have resulted in the purging of important law enforcement and intelligence entities formerly responsible for countering terrorism and organized crime threats as well as growing political tensions with the United States.
Contents
Chapter 1: Historical Continuities of Criminals in the Illicit Economy
Chapter 2: Explaining the Illicit Economy in Turkey
Chapter 3: Drug Trends: Abuse, Production and Trafficking
Chapter 4: Illicit Markets: Cigarettes, Oil, Pharmaceuticals, Antiquities and Nuclear Materials
Chapter 5: Human Smuggling and Trafficking
Chapter 6: Political Corruption and the Illicit Economy: Impacts of the December 2013 Graft Scandals
Chapter 7: How "Dirty Entanglements" Paralyze the Capacity of Law Enforcement
Chapter 8: Terrorists and the Illicit Economy
Chapter 9: The Syrian Crisis and the Illicit Economy: Refugees and Terrorists (ISIS and al Qaeda-affiliates)
Chapter 10: Money Laundering
