Criminal activities

Running head : TERRORISM

Domestic Terrorism

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Domestic Terrorism

Terrorism has been the top priority issue within the international community . Both domestic and international terrorism plagued countries with its destructive efforts to convey the demands of different terrorist factions . Before terrorism became an international issue , it has been a budding concern especially manifesting in civil wars and particularly occurring in Middle Eastern Countries . Prior to the 9 /11 domestic terrorism has been existing in American society

Domestic terrorism usually operates under small-scale criminal

activities to carry out the purpose or the goals of terrorist factions and to sustain the needs of their organization . Financial necessity is a top priority to enable the organization to carry out their operations . A vast amount of money is needed to keep a handful of operatives in the field and because of this , many groups opted for traditional criminal practices to fulfill this need . Among these practices is robbery internet scams , credit card frauds , etc (Ronczkowski , 2004 ,

. 47 . More often than not , these groups focus on infiltrating social infrastructures to be able to gain financial security , which will eventually lead to strengthening the organization

Terrorist groups participate in criminal activities with their political or religious rhetoric as a front to be able to conduct common crimes (Smith , 2005 ,

. 178 . Behind the religious and political mottos of these factions , they execute illegal activities to be able to finance their needs . One example of a common crime that they utilize to sustain the...