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Terrorism and Organized Crime as Security Threats

Introduction

Terrorism can be defined as the systematic enforcement of forceful actions that impose fear and a response to threats and danger as a way of coercion (Hoffman , 1998 : pp .1 . On the other hand , organized crime is defined in a newsletter , Organized Crime and Terrorism by the Standing Group Organized Crime , as the systematic grouping of centralized units that are run by criminals for the function of engagements in illegal activities that more often

than not aim at generating money (2006 pp .3 . According to the newsletter , the characteristics of many international crimes are yet to be fully recognized . Traditionally crime was analyzed purely as a domestic law enforcement matter which caused it to be treated as a problem limited to individual countries

Due to this , international crime poses great threat to domestic and international security . International crime is defined by the Standing Group Organized Crime as a crime that has international implications during or after the act (2006 : pp .8 . In his book titled Inside terrorism , Hoffman claims that transnational criminal activity includes drug trafficking , terrorism , smuggling of arms , human trafficking kidnap and piracy (2006 : pp .3 . The history of terrorist groups shows that terrorists do not conduct the practice due to its political effects but to either improve social cohesion with other members of the group who are involved in the same practices and generate money (Pastor , 2009 pp .8

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