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Merchants of men : how jihadists and ISIS turned kidnapping and refugee trafficking into a multibillion-dollar business / Loretta Napoleoni.

Van Pelt Library HV6433.I722 N36 2016
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Napoleoni, Loretta, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
IS (Organization).
Human trafficking.
Kidnapping.
Refugees.
Physical Description:
xvi, 288 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York ; Oakland : Seven Stories Press, 2016.
Contents:
Part 1
Chapter 1 Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Protocol 3
Chapter 2 Feeding the Bears 21
Chapter 3 Trafficking Migrants 37
Chapter 4 The Economics of Piracy 57
Chapter 5 The Somali Diaspora's Gulf Connection 75
Chapter 6 Smoke and Mirrors of the Syrian Civil War 89
Part 2
Chapter 7 The Negotiator¹ 107
Chapter 8 The Ransom 115
Chapter 9 The Golden Hour-Anatomy of a Kidnapping 129
Chapter 10 The Prey-Seeking a New Identity 145
Chapter 11 The Mythology of Western Hostages 163
Part 3
Chapter 12 The End of Truth 187
Chapter 13 Playing Chess with the Hostages' Lives 207
Chapter 14 A Refugee Love Story 219
Chapter 15 The Political Boomerang 231.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781609807085
1609807081
OCLC:
957353384

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