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dc.contributor.authorVorrath, Judithde
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-12T07:57:50Z
dc.date.available2015-01-12T07:57:50Z
dc.date.issued2014de
dc.identifier.issn1863-1053de
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/41156
dc.description.abstractLiberia and Sierra Leone are commonly categorized as fragile and conflict-affected states. They are seen as being particularly vulnerable to organized crime due to deficiencies in their criminal justice systems and having insufficient control of their borders. But they also have emerged from peace processes combining state-building with the transformation of war economies. These were strongly based on the competing control of resources such as diamonds, gold, and timber by armed groups and state agents. A closer look at the illicit economies in both countries today reveals the legacy of these war economies and new dynamics that emerged with West Africa becoming a transit zone for South American cocaine destined for Europe. Although the organization of crime differs between sectors, the way it is tied to state-building and power structures in Liberia and Sierra Leone is quite similar. Surely, porous borders and a lack of regulation and effective law enforcement are real in both countries. But often organized criminal activities are linked to the very state that is supposed to build and defend the (reformed) framework of legality. Furthermore, certain components of illicit economies have important implications for development. Therefore, responses to organized crime need to be carefully crafted and should generally apply selective law enforcement measures combined with broader governance reforms and development-related initiatives addressing livelihood, health, and environmental issues. (Autorenreferat)en
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dc.subject.ddcStaatsformen und Regierungssystemede
dc.subject.ddcSociology & anthropologyen
dc.subject.ddcSystems of governments & statesen
dc.subject.ddcSoziologie, Anthropologiede
dc.subject.otherWarlordde
dc.titleFrom war to illicit economies: organized crime and state-building in Liberia and Sierra Leonede
dc.description.reviewbegutachtetde
dc.description.reviewrevieweden
dc.source.volume13/2014de
dc.publisher.countryDEU
dc.publisher.cityBerlinde
dc.source.seriesSWP Research Paper
dc.subject.classozStaat, staatliche Organisationsformende
dc.subject.classozCriminal Sociology, Sociology of Lawen
dc.subject.classozKriminalsoziologie, Rechtssoziologie, Kriminologiede
dc.subject.classozPolitical System, Constitution, Governmenten
dc.subject.thesozSierra Leonede
dc.subject.thesozVerbrechensbekämpfungde
dc.subject.thesoznatural resourcesen
dc.subject.thesozWelthandelde
dc.subject.thesozworld tradeen
dc.subject.thesozstate formationen
dc.subject.thesozsmugglingen
dc.subject.thesozcrime fightingen
dc.subject.thesoznatürliche Ressourcende
dc.subject.thesozorganisierte Kriminalitätde
dc.subject.thesozWirtschaftskriminalitätde
dc.subject.thesozLiberiaen
dc.subject.thesozSchmuggelde
dc.subject.thesozorganized crimeen
dc.subject.thesozDrogenkriminalitätde
dc.subject.thesozdrug-related crimeen
dc.subject.thesozwhite-collar criminalityen
dc.subject.thesozinnere Sicherheitde
dc.subject.thesozLiberiade
dc.subject.thesozdomestic securityen
dc.subject.thesozStaatenbildungde
dc.subject.thesozSierra Leoneen
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dc.contributor.corporateeditorStiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
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