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This report provides a primer on the confluence of transnational terrorist and criminal groups and related activities abroad. It evaluates possible motivations and disincentives for cooperation between terrorist and criminal organizations and the types of criminal activities used by terrorist organizations to sustain operations. It also discusses several international case studies to illustrate the range of crime-terrorism convergence and non-convergence. Unless otherwise noted, this report does not address potential crime-terrorism links in the domestic or border environment.