On 27 May, Europol coordinated a Referral Action Day (RAD) on minors’ exploitation and radicalisation online.
More than 2 000 links pointing to jihadist and right-wing violent extremist and terrorist propaganda targeting minors were referred during the action day. The referral day took place only a few weeks after Europol launched a new Operational Taskforce to tackle the rising trend of recruiting young perpetrators into serious and organised crime. Recent data provided to Europol reveals that minors are now involved in over 70% of criminal markets. Protecting children from being recruited and exploited by criminal networks is one of Europol’s key priorities.
Read more…
Source: Europol
Sign up for the Counter-IED Report Newsletter
The latest news and insights delivered right to your inbox
Related:
- Indiana: Man arrested after IED found outside Terre Haute police headquarters
April 25, 2021
Terre Haute Police took a suspect into custody on Saturday, hours after asking the public to help identify the suspect who was wanted in connection to an investigation of an improvised explosive being found at the police department’s headquarters early Saturday morning. The Terre Haute Police Department said they had taken a suspect into custody thanks ...
- Pakistan: Suicide bomber in Quetta blast was foreign national
April 25, 2021
The police investigation team has made key progress in investigation into the bomb blast at Quetta, saying the suicide bomber in the terrorist attack was a foreign national. “Body parts of the suicide bomber were sent for DNA test,” sources said. “No record of the bomber was found in the database of NADRA,” the officials ...
- UK: A former Cambridge University student has been found guilty of possessing a bomb-making instruction manual
April 24, 2021
Oliver Bel, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was convicted of collecting information useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. The 24-year-old had a copy of the so-called Anarchist Cookbook on 15 November, Manchester Crown Court heard. Bel, of Ferneyfield Road, Chadderton, is due to be sentenced on 21 May. Read more… Source: BBC News
- Ireland: Garda swoop uncovers makeshift ‘bomb-making’ factory in Drogheda
April 23, 2021
Gardaí investigating feuding gangs in Drogheda have uncovered a makeshift bomb-making factory in a house in the town. Two pipe bombs, gun powder and a large quantity of firearms ammunition were seized in a house in the Rosevale Estate late on Thursday night along with a quantity of cocaine and tablets. Military bomb experts made safe the ...
- Large-scale counterterrorism drill staged at Hong Kong airport
April 23, 2021
More than 200 emergency services and security officers have held a large-scale counterterrorism drill at Hong Kong International Airport to strengthen the city’s response to bomb attacks and incursions from hostage-taking knifemen. Code-named “Ironwill”, officers from police and fire services were deployed early on Friday for the practice scenario, which was modelled on a 2016 terrorist ...
- Virginia: VSP K9s specializing in explosive detection complete training at airport
April 21, 2021
Five cute K9s completed training at a Virginia airport on Wednesday. In a social media post, Virginia State Police said “We regret to inform you there will be no peanut butter biscuits available from the snack cart today, your dedicated crew needed the fuel to make sure you get to your destination safely.” VSP thanked K9 AIR ...
- Northern Ireland: Man arrested over 2015 murder bid on police officer
April 20, 2021
A man has been arrested after a bomb attack on an off-duty police officer in Northern Ireland six years ago. The 33-year-old man was detained by gardai on Tuesday morning on suspicion of attempting to murder a police officer and possession of explosives with intent to endanger life. The suspect was arrested by An Garda Siochana in ...
- Northern Ireland: Bomb found under car of ‘young’ female part time PSNI officer in Dungiven
April 20, 2021
A device has been discovered under the car of a serving PSNI officer near a property in Dungiven in County Londonderry. The First Minister Arlene Foster has condemned the “terrorists” who targetted the officer. “I have spoken to the police officer who was targeted by terrorists last night in County Londonderry,” she wrote online. “I wanted to convey ...
- Afghan Security Forces Neutralised IEDs on Nimruz, Khost, Maidan Wardak and Logar province
April 18, 2021
The engineering teams of ANP following point-to-point search operations, managed to discover and defuse 13 IEDs in Jabul Saraj district of Parwan & Zaranj City of Nimruz. https://twitter.com/moiafghanistan/status/1383644197111042053 Afghan National Army conducted an operation in Pashton Zarghon district of Herat province yesterday. Vast areas were cleared off from Taliban and 5 terrorists were killed and 6 others ...
- Afghanistan: Herat car bomb attack claim ‘lives of 3’ policemen
April 17, 2021
Three policemen were killed a explosive-laden vehicle targeted an outpost in western province of Herat. The incident happened in the Bazarakarea of Zinda Jan district on Friday evening, and was followed by Taliban attacks on the district from three positions. According to the local officials, the clashes between Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, and the Taliban ...
- North Carolina: Search warrants show how police connected man to explosive devices found around Brevard
April 17, 2021
Newly-obtained search warrants and a probable cause affidavit are shedding light on how police were able to connect a man to more than a dozen explosive devices found around downtown Brevard in March. It all started the morning of Sunday, March 14, when Brevard Police received multiple reports of a suspected improvised explosive device, or IED, ...
- Ohio: Improvised explosive devices found in Akron near railroad tracks
April 16, 2021
Authorities are investigating after two improvised explosive devices were found within a week of each other in Akron. Both were found near railroad tracks and not too far from homeless encampments. Authorities said only one device was functional and they don’t know if the two are connected. The most recent device was found at about noon Wednesday ...
- Indiana: Explosives training focuses on increase in ATM bombs
April 15, 2021
Bomb squads from across the country trained at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in North Vernon, Indiana, with federal and military experts and the Raven’s Challenge joint explosives training program. During the training period squad members also had the opportunity to share information about the latest threats to public safety, according to a reporton Channel 4. The ...
- St Paul’s bomb plot: Norwegian man charged
April 12, 2021
A man has been charged in Norway over his alleged role in a terror plot to bomb St Paul’s Cathedral in London. The Norwegian man – who has not been named – was originally arrested in September 2019. Safiyya Shaikh was jailed for life last year after admitting she had planned to blow herself up inside the ...
- Texas: Man Arrested for Amazon Web Services Bomb Plot
April 12, 2021
A Texas man has been charged with plotting a bombing of Amazon Web Services in a quest to allegedly “kill off the internet.” Seth Aaron Pendley was arrested in Ft. Worth after allegedly attempting to get an explosive device from an undercover FBI employee in a sting. The feds were alerted to Pendley after a concerned ...
- Counter Terrorism Policing UK Urge Public To Be Vigilant Against Threat From Terrorism As Lockdown Eases
April 12, 2021
The senior officer responsible for ensuring the UK is protected against the threat of terrorism is warning businesses and the public that they must be alert to more than just the threat of Covid-19 this summer. Counter Terrorism Policing’s Senior National Coordinator for Protect and Prepare, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist, believes the easing of lockdown ...
- Nepal: Police arrest one more person in connection with Lahan IED explosion
April 11, 2021
Police on Saturday arrested one more suspect in connection with the March 14 IED blast at Land Revenue Office in Lahan Municipality-8 of Siraha district. Ram Jatan Mukhiya (Gaddu), 20, of Lawakatol, Laxmipur Patari Rural Municiaplty-3 was apprehended on Saturday morning from Loktantra Chowk during a search investigation.According to the Spokesperson of District Police Office Siraha, ...
- Adelaide man arrested for allegedly possessing improvised explosive device in far-right raids
April 8, 2021
South Australian police have arrested a man for possessing an improvised explosive device while a second has been charged with the possession of extremist material during a series of raids across Adelaide targeting members of the far-right. SA police confirmed it had searched “a number of domestic premises across the metropolitan area” on Wednesday. A police spokesperson ...
- South Carolina: Ongoing investigation in Darlington County led to ‘explosive material’ arrest in Myrtle Beach
April 5, 2021
Court documents provide new information on what authorities found inside a Myrtle Beach apartment complex that led to an ‘explosive material’ arrest. According to an affidavit, the Myrtle Beach Police Department and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division were called last Wednesday to 830 44th Avenue North in connection to an ongoing investigation in Darlington County. Authorities ...
- Pakistan: CTD arrests two terrorists in Lahore
April 5, 2021
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), Lahore, Sunday conducted an intelligence based operation and arrested two suspected terrorists belonging to a banned organisation. Explosive material was also recovered from their possession. A credible source information was received that two ‘terrorists’ were present at Band Road, Gulshan Ravi, Lahore. The CTD team raided the place and arrested two terrorists ...
- Russia’s FSB thwarts terrorist attack on law enforcement officers in Stavropol region
April 5, 2021
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted a terrorist attack on law enforcement officers in the Stavropol region, the FSB said in a statement on Monday. “The Federal Security Service, the Investigative Committee and the Interior Ministry have thwarted a terrorist attack in the Stavropol region. A man born in 1996, who has a history of ...
- Northern Ireland: Rioters pelt police with 30 petrol bombs and torch three hijacked cars in series of ‘orchestrated attacks’ on fifth night of violence
April 4, 2021
Police officers were attacked with petrol bombs last night as violence erupted once again in Northern Ireland amid loyalist riots over the post-Brexit trading arrangements. A total of 30 bombs were hurled at police in Newtownabbey, on the outskirts of Belfast on Saturday, and three cars were hijacked and set alight in what has since been ...