ABSTRACT
As terrorist groups evolve and act more like business entities, researchers and governments need to analyse trafficking activity and root motivations within an economic context if truly efficacious law and other measures are to be created and implemented. This chapter reviews Boko Haram's tactical evolution to include human trafficking and examines a multitude of ways that act as a conduit to gender-based violence and exploitation, supporting Boko Haram's organisational viability. Starting with an overview of Boko Haram, it reviews the capture and exploitation of the Chibok Secondary schoolgirls and examines the benefits the organisation derives by utilising their female captives as “multipurpose capital resources.” Terrorism financing in Africa has long been a major security threat to the citizens of the African continent, especially Nigeria. The reconceptualising of human trafficking includes the recognition of it as a “weapon of terror”.
