Tunisia: Growing Concerns Cross-Border Trafficking Increases Jihadis’ Power

Sally

Gold Member
Mar 22, 2012
12,135
1,316
245
Wasn't Tunisia the place there the Arab Spring started? Looks like they are having problems with the Jihadists.

Tunisia: Growing Concerns Cross-Border Trafficking Increases Jihadis’ Power

By Eurasia Review

November 30, 2013

Unless the permeability of the country’s borders is addressed, cross-border trafficking will increase jihadis’ disruptive potential and intensify the corruption of border authorities, according to a new report from International Crisis Group.

In its latest report, Tunisia’s Borders: Jihadism and Contraband, the International Crisis Group examines the widening gap between a Tunisia of the borders – porous, rebellious, a focal point of jihad and contraband – and a Tunisia of the capital and coast that is concerned with the vulnerability of a hinterland it fears more than it understands. Beyond engaging in necessary efforts to resolve the immediate political crisis, actors from across the national spectrum should implement security and socio-economic measures to reduce the permeability of the country’s borders.


To continue reading, go to:

Tunisia: Growing Concerns Cross-Border Trafficking Increases Jihadis? Power Eurasia Review
 

Forum List

Back
Top