"We are currently faced with a new national security challenge that is both vexing and complex. The once clear lines between the international drug trade, terrorism, organized crime, domestic terror, and Mexican drug cartels are blurring as groups increasingly join forces to further individual interests and goals. The synergistic potential of the alliance between nonstate actors and terrorists is alarming. Factor in a rise in domestic terror and cartel activity spilling over U.S. borders and the resulting impact to America is grave. This text highlights the often disregarded, misunderstood, or obscured criminal/terrorist nexus threat to the U.S. Destroying the myth that such liaisons don't exist due to differing ideologies, the book provides a thought-provoking and new look at the complexity and phenomena of the criminal/terrorist nexus."-- Provided by publisher.

Includes maps of: Regional Figures Persons in Forced Labor; FARC Presence in Colombia.

Ch. 1 : A Poisonous Brew -- References ; Ch. 2 : Transnational Organized Crime : the dark side of globalization ; Ch. 3 : Postmodern terrorist groups ; Ch. 4 :Domestic terrorism and the homegrown threat ; Ch. 5 : Drug-Trafficking organizations go global ; Ch. 6 : Traditional terrorist and criminal financing methods : adapting for success ; Ch. 7 : Terrorists and criminal exploitation of E-commerce : following the money just got tougher ; Ch. 8 : Exploitation of social networking and the internet ; Ch. 9 : Sharing tactics ; Ch. 10 : Conclusions about the Nexus and thoughts on resiliency and the way forward ; Glossary ; Appendix : List of foreign terrorist organizations ; Index.