Posts Tagged ‘transnational’
Philippines blocks GoreBox gaming app after school shooting kills three
Philippine authorities have temporarily blocked the online gaming app GoreBox days after a rare school shooting in the south-east Asian country killed three students and injured 20 others. Investigators said that one of the two teenagers accused of opening fire on students at San Jose National high school in Tacloban city had regularly played the…
Read MoreRussia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals
Even after he set fire to Sir Keir Starmer’s house, Roman Lavrynovych – convicted on Monday of conspiring to commit arson – seemed to know as much about the prime minister as a bullet knows about its target. His anonymous handler, known by the initials EL, gave a clue in a message: “Look, you attacked…
Read MoreTwo convicted over targeted knife attack on Iran International journalist
Two men have been convicted following a targeted knife attack on a journalist outside his home in south‑west London. The jury heard prosecution evidence that the attack was planned, coordinated and funded, and that it formed part of what prosecutors said was a proxy operation linked to the Iranian state. George Stana, 25, and Nandito…
Read MoreTwo convicted over targeted knife attack on Iran International journalist
Two men have been convicted following a targeted knife attack on a journalist outside his home in south‑west London. The jury heard prosecution evidence that the attack was planned, coordinated and funded, and that it formed part of what prosecutors said was a proxy operation linked to the Iranian state. George Stana, 25, and Nandito…
Read MoreNorwegian teenager accused of plotting UK contract killing for Swedish crime gang
A Norwegian teenager is on trial in London accused of travelling to the UK to carry out a contract killing on behalf of a Swedish organised crime network allegedly linked to Iran. Prosecutors at the Central Criminal Court in England and Wales, known as the Old Bailey, say 19-year-old Johannes Natland flew from Norway to…
Read MoreGeorgian National Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Soliciting Hate Crimes and Planning Mass Casualty Attack in New York City
Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian national also known as “Commander Butcher,” was sentenced to 15 years in prison by United States District Judge Carol Bagley Amon for soliciting hate crimes and distributing instructions to make bombs and ricin. Chkhikvishvili is a leader of Maniac Murder Cult, an international racially…
Read More“Terrorgram” network dealt another blow as member sentenced in Denmark
A Danish-French national has been sentenced to six years in prison for terrorism-related offences by the District Court in Glostrup, following an investigation supported by Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC). A Europol specialist was called to testify during the court proceedings. This underscores the European Law Enforcement Agency’s role in supporting judicial authorities with…
Read MoreCentral California vandalism suspect arrested in Europe on arson, terror charges
A man wanted for vandalism on California’s Central Coast was arrested by European authorities in connection with an alleged terror attack in Czechia, authorities said. Police in Del Rey Oaks on Wednesday said they identified a suspect connected with the vandalism of the Wells Fargo bank at Canyon Del Rey Boulevard on Nov. 3, 2025.…
Read MoreUK pledges wider legislation to tackle state-sponsored threats after London stabbings
Britain on Thursday said it would introduce new legislation to tackle state-sponsored threats, after two Jewish men were stabbed in the latest apparent antisemitic attack amid warnings that states like Iran were using criminal proxies. Ministers said the government would fast-track legislation allowing the prosecution of people acting as proxies of a state-sponsored group, so…
Read MoreMen Accused in Fires Targeting Starmer Received Orders in Russian, Prosecutors Say
A man accused of carrying out arson attacks on properties linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain was “recruited, instructed and promised payment” by an account on the Telegram messaging app that communicated in Russian, prosecutors said on Wednesday. Prosecutors made that allegation for the first time as the man, Roman Lavrynovych, a 22-year-old…
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