European terror investigations rise by 14 per cent Crime agency Eurojust has helped capture an Isis extremist and tackled terror propaganda

April 15, 2020   

(National-UAE) The number of EU terror investigations has risen by 14 per cent.

It comes as the bloc’s crime agency has exposed thousands of cases of Isis propaganda.

Crime agency Eurojust has revealed it dealt with 222 terror cases last year compared with 191 in 2018.

In its annual report, the agency says its number of new cases has risen to almost 100 and it is continuing work on a further 128 from previous years.

In one case its work with security services in Belgium and Hungary resulted in the apprehension of an Isis extremist who was charged with multiple murders.

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