Iranian Company and Two Iranian Nationals Charged with Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and for Scheme to Procure U.S. Technology for Iranian Attack Drones

A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging Hossein Akbari, 63, and Reza Amidi, 62, both of Iran, and an Iranian company, Rah Roshd Company (Rah Roshd), with conspiring to procure U.S. parts for Iranian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, also known as drones), conspiring to provide material support to the IRGC – a designated foreign terrorist…

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Supreme Court appears poised to revive terror victims suit against Palestinian groups

The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to uphold a law allowing Americans injured by acts of terror in the Middle East to take Palestinian leadership groups to U.S. courts for damages.  In 2019, Congress amended federal terrorism law to let victim lawsuits move forward against the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO),…

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Tokyo police launch section for lone-offender terrorism

The Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday set up a section specializing in investigating lone offender terrorism, which involves attacks by people who do not belong to any organizations or groups. The launch of the first such police section in Japan is designed to help prevent terrorist attacks by lone offenders on important persons and facilities.…

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‘Numerous’ homemade explosive devices discovered near park outside Dallas

Numerous” homemade explosive devices were discovered by a citizen who was walking near a park outside of Dallas, according to authorities. The person was in a wooded area near Wynne Park in Garland, when, around 11:30 a.m. Sunday, they saw an open suitcase and items scattered near it — including what looked like explosives, the…

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Treasury Targets Hizballah Finance Team Sanctions Evasion Network

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating five individuals and three associated companies involved in a Lebanon-based sanctions evasion network supporting the Hizballah finance team. The Hizballah finance team manages a variety of lucrative commercial projects and oil smuggling networks, often in conjunction with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary…

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Dutch authorities arrest man for alleged bitcoin terrorism financing

A 32-year-old man from North Holland was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of financing terrorism through Bitcoin transactions and violating the Dutch Sanctions Act. The arrest was made and reported by the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD). Authorities searched the suspect’s residence, seizing mobile phones and other digital storage devices as part of the…

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N.J. man lied about ISIS ties on citizenship application, feds say

A Middlesex County man was indicted Thursday on charges he lied about sending money to the Islamic State group on a naturalization application, officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Gafur Abdudzhamilovich Aliev, 44, of Edison, was charged with making false statements and one count of perjury. Between 2018 and 2020, Aliev moderated or was…

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