title: The Threat to International Security from Fragile and Failed States: Proliferation of Organised Crime
abstract: Fragile states pose an international threat to criminal infiltration that occurs more easily than states with functioning governments and institutions. Fragile states, delegitimised by their own population, unable to provide for the needs of their citizens and maintain control over their territory, have a non-functioning government and many problems to which the legitimate state fails to respond. In such a scenario, they become a breeding ground for criminal organisations that, becoming increasi
journal: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science