Counter-terrorism Prevent strategy receives a boost from the courts – and statistical evidence
The scheme has many critics, but the numbers show that it's working well.
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The neuroscience of terrorism: how we convinced a group of radicals to let us scan their brains
Nafees Hamid, UCL and Clara Pretus, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona The young man sitting in the waiting room of our neuroimaging facility wearing skinny jeans and trainers looked like a typical Spanish 20-year-old of Moroccan origin. Yassine* was bouncy, chatting up the research assistants, and generally in good spirits. He was like so many other
The Nexus of Organized Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism
New Services and Tools for Supporting First-line-practitioners and Law Enforcement Agencies - presented by the H2020-Project TAKEDOWN
Europe did not measure the seriousness of radicalisation
The TAKEDOWN H2020 European Project has closed with a final conference at the Local Police Headquarter in Valencia.
Extremism and Violent Extremism in Serbia: 21-st Century Manifestations of an Historical Challenge
The topics of extremism, violent extremism, and radicalization leading to terrorism have constituted an increasingly prominent area of policy interest and donor support in recent years, globally and in the western Balkans.
New Approaches for Fighting Radicalization, Terrorism and Organized Crime
The final conference of the European Project TAKEDOWN will take place on 18 June 2019 in Valencia. Under the title "New Approaches to the Fight against Radicalisation, Terrorism and Organised Crime", the meeting will host experts from Europe and the United States.
Christchurch attacks provide a new ethics lesson for professional media
Two basic rules of media ethics apply to the coverage of terrorism: avoid giving unnecessary oxygen to the terrorist, and avoid unnecessarily violating standards of public decency.
Explainer: trial of alleged perpetrator of Christchurch mosque shootings
At the centre of these various waves is the trial of the alleged perpetrator, accused (to date) of 50 murders and 39 attempted murders. The identities of the attempted murder victims are suppressed at the moment.
Charging the Christchurch mosque attacker with terrorism could be risky – but it’s important
On Tuesday, the gunman in the Christchurch mosque shootings was charged with committing a terrorist act. The new charge came more than two months after the massacre.
The gunman, who the author and The Conversation have chosen not to name, had already faced 50 charges of murder and 40 charges of attempted murder stemming from the attacks. An additional murder charge was also brought on Tuesday, bringing the total to 51.
The TalkTalk hack story shows UK cybersecurity in disarray
In the aftermath of the TalkTalk hack there was speculation over the possible involvement of terrorists, vast financial loss and an impending cybercrime tsunami from stolen personal data. There have been apocalyptic warnings from businesses, and the announcement of government enquiries alongside reports of customers already losing money or receiving fraudulent phone calls.