03 The hybrid threat in the Sahel Cor Fuente Cobo 141014

INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL
ESTUDIOS ESTRATÉGICOS
(IEEE)
The hybrid threat: Jihadist Groups
and organized crime in Sahel
region.
Col. IGNACIO FUENTE COBO
(14 OCT 2014)
JIHADIST NETWORKS IN THE SAHEL
AL QAEDA IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB
AQIM
AL QAEDA
Masked Brigade/
Those who sign with
blood
Khaled Abou Selmane
(OLDIERS OF THE CALIPHATE
Al Morabitun (August 2013):
MUYAO/MOJWA
Ould Hamaha
ISLAMIC STATE / DAESH
DRUG TRAFICKING: MARIJUANA
DRUG TRAFICKING: COCAINA
HIGHWAY 10
HUMAN BEINGS TRAFFICKING IN THE SAHEL
MAIN MIGRATION ROUTES FROM SIRIA INTO EUROPE
Abderrazak El-Para
KIDNAPPING FIGURES
• Al Qaeda: 93m Euro (NY Times)
123m Euro (US Dptm
Treasure)
2003: Kidnap of 32 GE, NE, Swz)
• 150.000 E per hostage in 2003.
• 7.5m E per hostage in 2014.
5.5 m Euro
• 53 EU hostages (2014):
• 1/3 French
• 20% Sp, Swz, Au.
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