Posts Tagged ‘recruitment & radicalization’
Police: Las Vegas teen arrested after supporting Hamas online, researching bombs
A Las Vegas teenager “on a path to violence” was arrested Saturday and charged as an adult after “showing interest in foreign terrorist groups” including Hamas and researching mass shootings and firearm purchases, according to authorities. Dylan Amanonce, 18, faces two felony counts of attempting to provide material support for terrorism. He was 17 when,…
Read MoreRingleader behind arson attack and kidnap plot was ‘groomed’ by Russian chatbot, court told
The ringleader behind an arson attack and plot to kidnap a billionaire Russian dissident had been “groomed” by a chatbot, operated by Wagner mercenaries, a court was told. The Old Bailey heard the fire at an industrial estate in Leyton, East London, on 20 March 2024, caused an estimated £1m of damage, including to vital…
Read MoreHamburg man charged with murder over US teen’s livestreamed death
A man accused of luring children worldwide into a sadistic online abuse network has been charged by German prosecutors with hundreds of crimes, including murder, for the livestreamed death of a 13-year-old American. Using the pseudonym “White Tiger”, the 21-year-old man from Hamburg is alleged to have victimised more than 30 children with online sexual…
Read MoreKentucky attorney general sues Roblox alleging a “playground for predators”
Kentucky has sued Roblox, alleging that children are accessing violent simulation games on the popular gaming platform, including depictions of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, just weeks after the conservative activist’s killing. In the 68-page complaint filed Tuesday in Madison Circuit Court in Madison County, the state Attorney General’s Office alleges that it is not…
Read MoreFBI Baltimore warns of 764 network, group of individuals that coerces children into violent acts
The FBI is investigating 350 cases involving the 764 network nationwide, including 12 in Maryland, according to the Baltimore Field Office of the FBI. The 764 network tricks, coerces and otherwise encourages kids to engage in sex acts, harm animals, mutilate and even kill themselves through video games and social media. After the acts are…
Read MoreOrlando man sentenced to prison for lying about ISIS support
An Orlando man has been sentenced to federal prison for lying to investigators about a designated foreign terrorist organization. The Justice Department says Islam Doci, 47, was sentenced to six years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Doci pleaded guilty in October 2024 to making false statements to the FBI during…
Read MoreAlberta man was ISIS propagandist, police say
Writing under the alias “Sulaiman Dawood al-Kanadie,” he penned fiery propaganda for the Islamic State about attacks that would dwarf Sept. 11, 2001. In the ISIS magazine Voice of Khurasan, he praised the terror group’s late leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, demonized Jews and lectured about fighting jihad. But the internet wasn’t as anonymous as he…
Read MoreBrisbane teen faces court on terrorism charges after violent extremist material and chemicals allegedly seized
A Queensland teenager charged with terrorism offences has been granted bail after police allegedly seized violent extremist material including an Islamic State video and chemicals for explosives. Max Belter, 18, appeared in a green prison jumper in Brisbane magistrates court on Thursday after a joint terrorism taskforce raided his property at The Gap in Brisbane’s…
Read MoreTerror propagandist ‘Dark Foreigner’ sentenced to 10 years in prison
Patrick Gordon MacDonald has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for inciting hate, fear and division by calling for violence against Jewish people and other groups with terrorist propaganda images, memes and videos — all in an attempt to accelerate societal collapse through a hoped-for race war. With three months of credit for the…
Read MoreHamilton 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…
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