01168nam a22001337a 4500100002000000245003300020260004100053300000800094520078000102650006100882856007100943942000701014999001301021  aPrendergast, J.  aHow To Destroy A War Economy  aWashington, DCbEnough Projectc2015  a7p.  aThroughout history, war may have been hell, but for small groups of conflict profiteers it has also been very lucrative. Today’s deadliest conflicts in Africa — such as those in Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, northern Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo — are sustained by extraordinary opportunities for illicit self-enrichment that emerge in war economies, where there is a visible nexus between grand corruption and the instruments of mass atrocities. State armies and rebels use extreme violence to control natural resources, labor, and smuggling networks. Violence becomes self-financing from pillaging, natural resource looting, and the theft of state assets with connections that extend to New York, London, Dubai, and other global financial centers.  aIllicit Wealth, Smuggling, Natural Resources, Corruption  uiffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/how_to_destroy_a_war_economy.pdf  cCF  c526d526