Different Ends Same Means: Research Shows What Terrorists And Crime Syndicates Have In Common

Governments around the world are scrambling to understand the various terrorist networks that make situations like the ISIS crisis in Iraq possible. Given other high-profile incidents in Nigeria and Kenya in recent weeks, it's not a stretch to connect terrorism and crime with high poverty and little government control. But researchers from the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point say reality is much more complicated.