(National-UAE) The number of investigations by UK counter-terrorism police into state threats has quadrupled in the past two years, with several “close calls,” a senior officer has said.
Matt Jukes, head of counter-terrorism policing, described the workload as “unprecedented” and said it marked a “really significant shift” in focus for teams working on terrorism investigations.
“Missions outside of terrorism” now account for about 20 per cent of cases after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, to tackle state threats and espionage, and investigate war crimes, Mr Jukes said.
MI5 Director General Ken McCallum warned during a speech in November that Iran “projects a threat to the UK directly through its aggressive intelligence services.”
