Nigerian Criminal Networks; A Comparative Analysis.
Abstract
Why is an African federation the home for one of the more dominating criminal networks operating globally? Nigeria has one of the world lowest levels of Internet-infrastructure. Still, it is in a class of its own when it comes to e-fraud or 419 spam mails. It is also prominent within drug trading and trafficking. By comparatively analysing other forms of Organized Crime against the Nigerian Brand, the thesis has tried to find the particulars of Nigerian Criminal Networks. The thesis found two particular indicators that stood out in the analysis: Social Networking and the 419 industry. After looking at the level of integrationbetween Nigerian politics and Criminal networks, the argumentation used by agents within Criminal Networks and the dynamics of the Nigerian E-fraud, this thesis argues that the same socio-cultural dynamics stemming from before the colonial period of the “great scramble” to present time, is the very same driving force behind Nigerian Criminal Networks, forming an Internet Economy of...