Posts Tagged ‘transnational’
Terrorist Designations of The Terrorgram Collective and Three Leaders
The United States remains deeply concerned about the racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist (REMVE) threat worldwide and committed to countering transnational components of violent white supremacism. Today, the Department of State is designating The Terrorgram Collective (Terrorgram) and three of its leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as…
Read MoreVenezuela’s consulate in Lisbon targeted with explosive device
Venezuela’s consulate in Lisbon was targeted with an explosive device on Saturday night, but there were no injuries, the police said. According to the Lusa news agency, at around 10pm on Saturday, an unidentified person threw a “kind of Molotov cocktail” against the wall of the Venezuelan Consulate General building in Lisbon. A source from…
Read MoreBomb threats shadowed international reporters who covered Chinese celebrity dissident
Reporting on Wang Jingyu, a Chinese celebrity dissident, can be perplexing, stressful and scary. Ask Marije Vlaskamp, a correspondent with de Volkskrant, a leading Dutch daily newspaper. In the fall of 2022, Vlaskamp said Wang told her that people he thought were working for the Chinese government were harassing and threatening him. Wang asked if…
Read MoreU.S. Treasury says its computers were hacked by a Chinese ‘threat actor’ in a ‘major incident’
The U.S. Treasury Department said a state-sponsored Chinese hacking operation was able to access third-party software to tap into desktop computers of Treasury employees in what the department is calling “a major incident.” In a letter seen by NBC News, Aditi Hardikar, assistant secretary for management of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, wrote that…
Read MoreNew York Resident Pleads Guilty to Operating Secret Police Station of the Chinese Government in Lower Manhattan
Chen Jinping, 60, of New York, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to act as an illegal agent of the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), in connection with opening and operating an undeclared overseas police station, located in lower Manhattan, for the PRC’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS). “Today’s guilty plea…
Read MoreEx-Canadian minister says he was alleged target of Iran assassination plot
Canada’s former justice minister has confirmed to the BBC he was the target of a recent Iranian assassination attempt that was foiled. Irwin Cotler’s office said he had been informed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) of an Iranian-backed attempt on his life in late October. Mr Cotler, 84, is a long-time critic of…
Read MoreJustice Department Announces Murder-For-Hire and Related Charges Against IRGC Asset and Two Local Operatives
Farhad Shakeri, 51, of Iran; Carlisle Rivera, also known as Pop, 49, of Brooklyn, New York; and Jonathon Loadholt, 36, of Staten Island, New York, were charged today in a criminal complaint in connection with their alleged involvement in a plot to murder a U.S. citizen of Iranian origin in New York. Rivera was arrested…
Read MoreNon-credible bomb threats against Atlanta-area polling places were from Russia, secretary of state says
Several non-credible bomb threats that briefly disrupted voting at twelve Georgia polling places originated from Russia, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told reporters Tuesday. “We’ve heard some threats that were of Russian origin. I don’t know how to describe that that’s viable – we don’t think they are, but in the interest of public…
Read MoreMystery fires were Russian ‘test runs’ to target cargo flights to US
A series of parcel fires targeting courier companies in Poland, Germany and the UK were dry runs aimed at sabotaging flights to the US and Canada, Polish prosecutors say. Katarzyna Calow-Jaszewska revealed late last month that four people had been arrested and authorities across Europe were investigating the incidents. Western security officials have told US…
Read MoreSikhs march across California urging protections against threats from India on U.S. soil
About 30 people are walking along a dirt path between a rural road and a persimmon orchard, kicking up dust with each step. Children run towards the front of the march, where a group of older men with turbans and thick beards keep the pace at a steady clip. For three weeks in October, a…
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