The Funding Of Boko Haram And Nigerias Actions To Stop It

Abstract

Since 9/11, the United States and the international community have taken numerous steps to combat the financing of terrorism. Terrorist organizations have adapted and become innovative to ensure their monetary funds are secure and undetectable. Boko Haram is one organization that has found ways to ensure its finances are almost undetectable. Over the past 12 years, Boko Haram has become a powerful and destructive violent extremist organization while obtaining millions of dollars in funding. The United States and the international community must look for ways to disrupt Boko Harams financial apparatus outside conventional counterthreat finance measures. The goal of this paper is to examine Boko Harams finances and the steps that have been taken to stop its funding, including identifying what, if any, new approaches can be used to prevent the ongoing funding of Boko Haram.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1031499

Entities

People

  • Jason L. Rock

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Border Security
  • California
  • Counterterrorism
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Nongovernmental Organizations
  • Personnel Management
  • Petroleum
  • Security
  • Security Personnel
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.