RUSI JournalVOLUME 171ISSUE 4members only

The Challenge of Organised Crime in the Lake Chad Region

Atta Barkindo
16 June 2026clockLong Read
An overloaded car driving through Boko Haramaffected northeast Nigeria, 2021. Courtesy of Zuma Press/Alamy.

An overloaded car driving through Boko Haramaffected northeast Nigeria, 2021. Courtesy of Zuma Press/Alamy.

Based on experience in northern Nigeria, a Professional Insight examining the shifting nexus between organised crime and ideology, and the implications for traditional understandings of these concepts.

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