Years of clandestine communications, first through newspapers or radio and then by exploiting online tools and media as a sounding board, have highlighted Islamic terrorism peculiarity of adapting to new means of communication to make propaganda, raise money, and keep in contact with each others[i]. Continue reading
Recent investigations and arrests[i] have brought to light the deep-rooted Nigerian criminal network operating in Italy[ii] and its links to organ trafficking. Born in the 1960s/70s at the University of Benin City as a sort of student fraternity Continue reading
What started in France during November as just a wave of street protests against rising fuel prices has developed into a mass movement against the government of Macron, riots, injuries, vandalisms, loss of lives and a country in the verge of imposing state of emergency[1]. Continue reading
Il panorama dell’estremismo politico sia nazionale sia internazionale[1], senza trascurare forme violente dei gruppi separatisti è vario e frammentato per quanto concerne i temi di interesse, per le modalità comunicative e narrative, nonché per i canali comunicativi prescelti. Continue reading
Il progetto relativo all’Indice di Resilienza Urbana, promosso da ITSTIME e coordinato da Barbara Lucini, ha come scopo principale quello di esplorare, comprendere ed interpretare i possibili indicatori di vulnerabilità urbana o segnali deboli, che possono essere considerati il “contesto sociale” di azioni di forme multiple di estremismo. Continue reading
“Panic and confusion erupted in Central Park on Saturday night (the 29th September 2018), after a loud noise frightened concertgoers at the Global Citizen Festival, with some people erroneously attributing the sound to gunshots. Witnesses described a near-stampede in some places, as people sprinted for cover, jumped fences and trampled one another. Some were in tears and called their loved ones, and others said they had lost items or gotten separated from their friends, according to social medial. But the police quickly refuted reports of a shooting, saying at first that the noise was from a fallen barrier, not gunshots” (Sarah Mervosh, 2018). Continue reading
UK newspaper ‘Independent’ has revealed in an exclusive article a UK program designed to give people knowledge on how to provide first aid to victims of terror operations[1]. The need for such a program was already a topic for discussion in the British society[2] and even the British Red Cross had issued some guidelines for citizens prior, during and after a terrorist attack[3]. Continue reading
On July this year, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published a report addressed to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Banks Governors, summarizing the latest development in anti-money laundering (AML) and terrorism financing (TF) and drawing a short term work program in these fields[i]. Continue reading
Venerdì scorso 3 agosto, durante la Jumma (preghiera tradizionale del venerdì accompagnata da sermone) presso l’area dell’ex Palasharp di Milano sono emerse forti incomprensioni che hanno portato a duri scontri verbali tra i fedeli della corrente legata al direttivo salafita del Centro Culturale Islamico di viale Jenner 50 e un gruppo di “dissidenti” legati all’imam egiziano Elnadi Abdelghani Im Elbeltagi, licenziato dai vertici di viale Jenner con l’accusa di aver cercato di sostituirsi al direttivo. Continue reading
In 2015, Hong Kong authorities arrested members of a terrorist group planning to attack the city. The big news was that they allegedly tried to modify airsoft guns with a 3D printer[1]. Today, of the most circulating news regards the ban by an american federal judge on sharing gun blue prints on the web[2]. Continue reading
“Domattina il sole brillerà, gli ucelli canteranno e chiunque sarà in grado di scaricare legalmente istruzioni per stampare in 3D un arma di plastica integralmente funzionante, incluso un AR-15, un’arma da guerra: cosa mai potrà andare storto?” Continue reading
Secondo i dati presentati dal rapporto European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE_SAT 2018)[1] nel 2017 si è verificato un totale di 207 attacchi terroristici falliti, neutralizzati o completati, dei quali 137 di natura etno-nazionalista/separatista, 33 jihadista, 24 estrema sinistra e 5 estrema destra. Continue reading