Download or read book The Criminalization of the State in Africa written by Jean-Fran= Bayart (LPcois) and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text charts the growth of fraud and smuggling in African states, the development of an economy of plunder and the growth of private armies. It argues that the state itself is engendering organized criminal activity.