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Law Enforcement
Massachusetts teen accused of buying $1,670 in gift cards to support ISIS He allegedly tried to get $10 million from the FBI
(Boston Herald) A Wakefield teenager is accused of buying $1,670 in gift cards to support ISIS and the terrorist organization’s fighters, allegedly sending the gift cards to an undercover FBI agent posing as an ISIS supporter. Mateo Ventura, 18, who told the […]
Children & Teens
Prevent scheme needs to ‘rapidly’ adapt to online world, review finds after failures in Southport case Lord Anderson KC was appointed as the new independent commissioner for Prevent in January and the long-awaited report into the scheme was published on Wednesday, outlining 10 recommendations to improve the anti-extremism programme.
(Sky News) 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 […]
Legal
Kenyan man is convicted of plotting a 9/11-style attack on the US
(AP) A Kenyan man was convicted Monday of plotting a 9/11-style attack on a U.S. building on behalf of the terrorist organization al-Shabab. A federal jury in Manhattan found Cholo Abdi Abdullah guilty on all six counts he faced for conspiring to […]