Transnational Organized Crime and Natural Resources Trafficking

Funding Conflict and Stealing from the World's Most Vulnerable Citizens

Donald R. Liddick Jr.

This book describes and analyzes conflict commodities, which the author defines as “high-value commodities trafficked in by networks of transnational criminals who use the illicitly derived proceeds to finance armed conflict and loot natural resource wealth from national treasuries.” Each chapter examines a different commodity or set of commodities that have become the province of transnational organized crime networks: diamonds, ivory, rhino horn, timber, lapis lazuli, jade, rare minerals, gold, and oil receive scholarly analyses across multiple dimensions, including the structure and operation of criminal networks, the social and environmental consequences of the various conflict commodities trades, and the full range of palliative responses. The book provides coverage of all the players involved, from high-ranking government officials to insurgent groups and terrorists. The work also enumerates the array of human rights abuses associated with the traffic in conflict commodities

Lexington Books

Pages: 228 • Trim: 6 x 8¾

978-1-4985-7831-8 • Hardback • December 2019 • $100.00 • (£77.00)

978-1-4985-7833-2 • Paperback • July 2021 • $39.99 • (£31.00)

978-1-4985-7832-5 • eBook • December 2019 • $38.00 • (£29.00)

Subjects: Social Science / Criminology, Law / Environmental, Law / Natural Resources

Transnational Organized Crime and Natural Resources Trafficking

Funding Conflict and Stealing from the World's Most Vulnerable Citizens

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Summary

This book describes and analyzes conflict commodities, which the author defines as “high-value commodities trafficked in by networks of transnational criminals who use the illicitly derived proceeds to finance armed conflict and loot natural resource wealth from national treasuries.” Each chapter examines a different commodity or set of commodities that have become the province of transnational organized crime networks: diamonds, ivory, rhino horn, timber, lapis lazuli, jade, rare minerals, gold, and oil receive scholarly analyses across multiple dimensions, including the structure and operation of criminal networks, the social and environmental consequences of the various conflict commodities trades, and the full range of palliative responses. The book provides coverage of all the players involved, from high-ranking government officials to insurgent groups and terrorists. The work also enumerates the array of human rights abuses associated with the traffic in conflict commodities

Details

Lexington Books

Pages: 228 • Trim: 6 x 8¾

978-1-4985-7831-8 • Hardback • December 2019 • $100.00 • (£77.00)

978-1-4985-7833-2 • Paperback • July 2021 • $39.99 • (£31.00)

978-1-4985-7832-5 • eBook • December 2019 • $38.00 • (£29.00)

Subjects: Social Science / Criminology, Law / Environmental, Law / Natural Resources

Author

Donald R. Liddick Jr. is associate professor at The Pennsylvania State University

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Transnational Organized Crime and Natural Resources

Chapter 2: Diamonds

Chapter 3: Ivory

Chapter 4: Timber

Chapter 5: Wildlife

Chapter 6: Gems and Minerals

Chapter 7: Discussion and Implications

Reviews

Donald Liddick contributes an exciting study into networks of serious crime and interfaces between legal and illegal actors that cross borders. The book offers case studies of illicit commerce in several commodities, transnational organized crime, corruption, and white-collar crime within the framework of green criminology linked to analyses of international trade, finance, conflict, and geopolitics.
— Nikos Passas, Northeastern University

Features

1/23/2020 - Penn State News featured the book and author Donald Liddick Jr. in an article entitled “Professor's new book examines crimes related to a country's valuable commodities.” Link: https://news.psu.edu/story/605265/2020/01/23/academics/professors-new-book-examines-crimes-related-countrys-valuable