Economist, political analyst and novelist Loretta Napoleoni has spent several years interviewing former members of Italian armed groups.
Thanks to her unique insight into the management of armed organizations, she has written a book on a new shocking phenomenon: the economics of terrorism.
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“Drugs and Terror”
Dr Loretta Napoleoni, Economist and Terrorism Expert
Presentation given during a The 2004 Paris International Symposium on Drug Policy: Local Innovations and Global Challenges, held in Paris on 25-26 November 2004.
State Sponsored Terrorism
The most important entry in the terror balance of payments is smuggling of drugs. The illicit trade of narcotics is one of [...]
Loretta Napoleoni is the best selling author of Terror Incorporated and Insurgent Iraq. She is an expert on financing of terrorism and advises several governments on counter-terrorism. As Chairman of the countering terrorism financing group for the Club de Madrid, Napoleoni brought heads of state from around the world together to create a new strategy for combating the financing of terror networks.