The links between extremism and illicit trade in East Africa
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East Africa\\u2014a key security partner in the war on terror and a principal engine of economic development on the African continent\\u2014is being critically undermined by illicit trade, according to the new report An Unholy Alliance: Links Between Extremism and Illicit Trade in East Africa from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP).\\xa0 In this 6th episode of the Counter extremism podcast series, Sir Ivor Roberts, CEP senior advisor and author of the report, outlined how illicit trade in the region finances extremism, funds criminal enterprises, and breeds corruption while threatening economic and social structures and leeching vital resources.\\xa0
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