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 Jihadist arrests in Europe nearly double in two years, Europol finds [IsraelTimes] The number of people arrested in Europe on suspicion of jihadist terror activities nearly doubled over the last two years, Europe’s policing agency says, adding that actual attacks have decreased. Some 718 were arrested on offences relating to jihadist terror last year as opposed to 395 in 2014, while jihadist attacks dropped from 17 in 2014 to 13 last year — of which six were linked to the Islamic State group, Europol says in a new report. Isis uses Nutella jars and cat GIFs to lure Westerners: study 7 June [TheLocal.se] Isis uses Western imagery, Nutella jars and cat GIFs to tempt young people in the West to join its caliphate, a new Swedish study found. Imagery of violence and weapons alone are not the way to go if you want to attract young Westerners to join Isis. Instead, the violent extremist group pushes its 'Jihadi Cool' subculture to draw in people from the West, according to a group of Swedish researchers who have studied Isis propaganda The study, titled The Digital Caliphate: A study of propaganda from the Islamic State, was carried out by the Swedish Defence Research Agency (Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut, FOI). Italian police bust migrant trafficking ring in Sicily 6 June [TheLocal.it] The Italian police said on Tuesday that they had broken a smuggling ring between Tunisia and Sicily which was preparing to bring migrants with suspected jihadist links to Europe. The "Scorpionfish" operation had been shadowing the group since January, targeting 15 Italian or Tunisian citizens sought by arrest warrants. The traffickers carried about 15 migrants paying 2,000 to 3,000 euros each and dozens of kilos of cigarettes, with each crossing generating around 40,000 euros ($45,000). With summer approaching they were preparing to increase the number of trips to two a week, using speedboats to cross from northeast Tunisia to the Trapani region in western Sicily in about four hours. The group was apparently willing to bring over people sought by Tunisian authorities for serious crimes or possible links with jihadists, but the police broke up the network before a trip carrying these suspects could be made. The Tunisian coast guard has struggled to keep up with smuggling gangs using high-performance vessels to ferry people across the Strait of Sicily. Man who murdered young child in refugee home was ex-convict 6 June [TheLocal.de] Prosecutors in Regensburg revealed on Monday that an Afghan asylum seeker who stabbed a five-year-old boy to death on Saturday was wearing an ankle monitor at the time. The man had been convicted of arson by a Munich court in 2009 and sentenced to five years and ten months in jail, the prosecutors revealed. Since then he had been wearing an electronic ankle monitor, which was intended to prevent him leaving the refugee camp in Arnschwang, near the Czech border, where the crime took place. Munich tried to have the man deported in 2014, but he fought a successful legal case against the expulsion, claiming that he had converted to Christianity and that his life would be in danger in Afghanistan as a result.
05/06/17 Sofia's Special Criminal Court on Monday found John 'Ivan' Zahariev, a dual Australian-Bulgarian citizen, guilty of training as a terrorist with the intention of carrying out a terrorist act. Austrian court jails parents who took kids to live under IS 3 June [TheLocal.at] An Austrian court on Friday sentenced to up to 10 years in jail two couples who took their children to live in an IS-controlled part of Syria and showed them execution videos. The two men and their wives travelled to Syria with their eight children -- the youngest of whom was two years old -- in December 2014, the trial in the southern city Graz heard. Defendant Hasan O., 49, denied in court being a member of IS and said that he worked as a masseur treating injured fighters. "I heard in the mosque (in Graz) that you can live according to Islam there, with freedom for the women and children," he told the trial. The dream soon went sour, however, and the families fled Syria in April 2016. Turkey then extradited them to Austria and the children were taken into care. All four -- Hasan O. and his wife Kata O., Enes S. and his wife Michaela S. -- were convicted of belonging to a terrorist organisation and of mistreating and neglecting children. All except Austrian-born Muslim convert Michaela S. were from Bosnia but all had Austrian citizenship. German parliament passes law ending child marriage 2 June [TheLocal.de] The German parliament passed a law ending child marriage late on Thursday night, officially raising the marriageable age to 18. The new law officially makes 18 the minimum age for marriage. Previously, 16-year-olds were allowed to marry adults in certain cases with court permission. The legislation also nullifies any existing marriages in which at least one spouse was under the age of 16 at the time of the wedding. This is particularly aimed at marriages done outside of Germany. Courts will also be able to nullify marriages where a spouse was 16 or 17 years old.
15 June Oslo city representatives have blamed three weeks of arson and violence against police by “youths” in the migrant-dominated Norwegian suburb of Stovner on young people feeling “rootless and restless”. Sweden: Migrant Stabs Passengers When Woman in Hijab Asked to Show Train Ticket, Blames ‘Racism’ 15 June An Iraqi man travelling from Stockholm to Hallsberg by train launched a brutal attack on passengers after a Muslim woman was asked to show her ticket, accusing them all of racism. Poland, Czech Rep. Slam Forced Migration Plan as EU Imposes Sanctions 14 June Poland and the Czech Republic have slammed the European Union’s (EU) decision to ‘sanction’ them for rejecting compulsory migrant quotas, with the later citing “security” issues and promising to defend the right to reject migrants. Priests Demand Sweden Stop Celebrating ‘Poisonous’ National Holiday 14 June A pair of Swedish priests has demanded the country and church stop celebrating the Swedish national holiday “National Day” saying nationalism and patriotism are “poison”. Hungarian Government: Islam and Europe ‘Incapable of Coexisting Without Conflict’ 13 June Threatened with sanctions for refusing to accept the compulsory migrant quotas being imposed on European Union member-states by Brussels, the Hungarian government has declared that Islam and Europe “are incapable of coexisting without conflict”.
15 June The Swedish Public Employment Service projects that by 2018, eight out of 10 new jobs will be taken by foreigners – despite unemployment being set to increase from 50 to 60 per cent amongst migrants. Scabies Cases Drastically Rising Amongst Migrants on Paris Streets 15 June NGOs working with migrants on the streets of Paris have warned that cases of scabies are on the rise, claiming there are well over a hundred cases so far. Three Syrians Allegedly Sent to Germany by Islamic State Go On Trial 14 June BERLIN (AP) — Three Syrian men alleged to have been sent to Germany with forged passports by the Islamic State group have gone on trial in Hamburg. Stricter Border Controls Halve Asylum Seeker Applications in Austria 13 June Austria has seen a 53 per cent decrease in the number of migrants applying for asylum over the past year after strengthening border controls. Hungarian PM Orbán: ‘The European Union Is on the Side of Terrorists’ 13 June Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accused the European Union of favouring terrorists after Brussels protested the terrorism trial of an asylum seeker in Hungary. Broadcasters Cancel Documentary on Anti-Semitic Attacks by Muslims 12 June Franco-German broadcasters have been accused of censorship after shelving a documentary film about European Jews facing persecution by Muslim migrants, saying it was not “balanced” and the topic was “very sensitive”. Some 3,000 African Migrants Arrive in Italy, Amid Growing Tensions Between Libya and NGOs 12 June Between Saturday and Sunday, some 2,850 African migrants were shuttled to Italy in 23 different rescue operations carried out by the Italian Coast Guard and various NGOs. 80 Per Cent of Migrants Deported from Berlin Last Year Were from the Balkans 12 June Despite there being many illegal migrants and failed asylum seekers from North Africa and the Middle East, the Berlin government has overwhelmingly deported only migrants from the Balkan states.
15/06/17 Human rights chief Jacques Toubon said migrants are 'in a state of physical and mental exhaustion' and suggested the reinstatement of sprawling camps akin to Calais Jungle (pictured). Sex crimes by migrants in Germany have doubled to over 3,000 in a single year, official figures show 15/06/17 A new report issued by the German Government states that there were 3,404 sex crimes involving migrants last year compared with 1,683 in 2015. Rome's mayor says 'no more migrants' can move into the city as fight erupts over where influx of people should be housed in Italy 14/06/17 Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi is challenging the centre-left Italian government's policy of distributing across the country the thousands of migrants arriving at southern ports each year. No let-up for the European migrant influx: Greater numbers of people are risking their lives to cross from Libya to Italy as route between Turkey and Greece is almost closed 13/06/17 Although the crossing between Turkey and Greece is practically closed and the EU has beefed up its border agency Frontex to check mass migration, criminal industry is flourishing. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-06-16 |
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