Posts Tagged ‘recruitment & radicalization’
Hamilton constable suspended after posting content from extremist groups, following CBC investigation
Hamilton police have suspended a longtime officer while they review his social media posts, which include content re-shared from far-right groups, anti-immigrant messages and posts in support for a coup against the government. Following a CBC visual investigation into white nationalist “active clubs” training in the Hamilton area, a reader contacted CBC Hamilton to share…
Read MoreLeader of Transnational Terrorist Group Pleads Guilty to Soliciting Hate Crimes, Soliciting the Murder of Federal Officials, and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
The Justice Department announced today that Dallas Humber, 35, of Elk Grove, California — leader of the Terrorgram Collective, a transnational terrorist group — pleaded guilty to all charges against her, including soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. District Court Judge Dena Coggins found…
Read More‘Guilty’ — Windsor man to be sentenced for supporting terrorist group
A Windsor judge on Thursday convicted a local man on a rare terrorism-related charge, finding him guilty of offering his “skill and expertise” to a violent, extremist white-supremacy group listed in Canada as a terrorist entity.Article content Seth Bertrand, now 22 but only 18 at the time he filed an online application in 2021 to…
Read MoreTajik man sentenced to 5.5 years for recruiting for ISIS in Netherlands
A 31-year-old man from Tajikistan was sentenced to five and a half years in prison on Monday for recruiting members for Islamic State (IS) across multiple countries, including the Netherlands, to allegedly prepare attacks. The Rotterdam court said the man posed a serious threat to Dutch society and had sought to raise as much money…
Read MoreUK Prevent scheme needs to ‘rapidly’ adapt to online world, review finds after failures in Southport case
The Prevent scheme needs to “rapidly” adapt to the online world “where so much radicalisation takes place”, an independent review has found. The anti-extremism programme has been under increased scrutiny after two recent terror incidents involving Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana and Sir David Amess’s killer Ali Harbi Ali damaged its reputation. Lord Anderson KC was…
Read MoreUK man sentenced for sharing ISIS propaganda and encouraging terrorism
A 26 year old man from Humberside has today (July 16) been given a 15 year extended sentence for encouraging terrorism and sharing terrorist material. Mohammed Mahfuz Ahmed (02/03/1999), of Crowhill Avenue in Cleethorpes, was found guilty at Sheffield Crown Court in February of one offence of Encouraging Terrorism, contrary to Section 1 of the…
Read MoreMember of Transnational Terrorist Group Charged with Soliciting the Murder of Federal Officials in Connection with Hit List
The Justice Department announced today that Noah Lamb, 24, was charged in the Eastern District of California in an eight-count indictment for conspiracy, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and other offenses in connection with his work on a hit list of “high value targets” for assassination. “Transnational criminal networks that promote extremist ideology and…
Read MoreFormer classmate of firefighter ambush suspect details past extremist views
As the investigation into the deadly firefighter ambush in Idaho over the weekend continues, police are still trying to piece together why suspect Wess Roley allegedly instigated the attack, a source familiar told ABC News. Law enforcement officials identified Roley as the suspected gunman after he was found dead on Canfield Mountain with a shotgun…
Read MoreChicago Man Convicted of Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS
A Chicago man was convicted today of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) by using social media to encourage attacks on ISIS’s enemies and recruit new ISIS members. According to court documents, Ashraf Al Safoo, 41, was a leader of Khattab Media Foundation, a sophisticated online organization…
Read MoreCzech authorities detain 5 teens over online radicalization by IS and charge 2 with terror plot
Czech authorities have detained five teenagers for being radicalized online by the militant Islamic State group and charged two of them with terror-related crimes over an attempt to set fire to a synagogue, officials said Wednesday. Bretislav Brejcha, the director of the Czech counterterrorism, extremism and cybercrime department, said most of the suspects are under…
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