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Discuss the types of organised crimes. Describe the linkages between terrorists and organised crime that exist at the national and transnational levels. 

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UPSC CSE 2022 (Prelims) CSAT Previous Year Paper (05-June-2022)

Organised crime involves structured groups engaging in illegal activities for profit. The major types include drug trafficking, human trafficking, arms smuggling, extortion, cybercrime, money laundering, and contract killings. These crimes are not random but are systematic and often operate across borders.

A dangerous linkage, often called the "crime-terror nexus," exists between these criminal groups and terrorists. This relationship is typically symbiotic. Terrorist organisations engage in organised crime, like drug trafficking (narco-terrorism) or extortion, to finance their operations, procure weapons, and sustain their cadres.

Conversely, they also leverage the established networks of criminal syndicates for logistics. These networks help them with cross-border movement of people, weapons, and funds. At both national and transnational levels, this nexus creates a formidable threat, as it combines the ideological motivation of terrorists with the financial muscle and clandestine networks of organised criminals, making them harder to track and dismantle.

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