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Time In Prison Is What European Terrorists Have In Common, A New Study Says

The study looked at 225 terrorism cases. ISIS recruits from France and the United Kingdom often had been in prison before joining the terrorist group.
Mitch Prothero • 9 days ago

Iran Plotted To Bomb A Meeting Near Paris That Former US Officials Attended, Germany Says

Thirty-three former US officials, including Rudy Giuliani and Newt Gingrich, reportedly attended the meeting of the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
Mitch Prothero • 2 months ago

Syrians Who Return Home Are Finding A Ready Market For Selling Their German IDs

The availability of the documents, which can fetch hundreds of dollars on the black market, troubles some counterterrorism officials, but they are hesitant to make it an issue.
Mitch Prothero • 3 months ago

A Man Killed Three People In Belgium Before Police Shot Him Dead

Two police officers and a man sitting in a car were killed. The incident is being investigated as a potential terror attack.
Patrick Smith • 3 months ago

Here's Why Israel And Iran Could Be Set For A "Very Long And Bloody" Summer

How the new frontier in the Israeli-Iranian conflict could escalate into full-blown regional war.
Mitch Prothero • 4 months ago

French Police Knew The Latest ISIS Attacker But Couldn't Keep Him Detained

Khamzat Azimov vowed allegiance to ISIS before the Paris knife attack that killed one person over the weekend.
Mitch Prothero • 4 months ago

Black Cube Keeps Getting Into Trouble. No Wonder Its Reputation Is In The Tank.

In a secretive industry, the Israeli intelligence firm Black Cube has had three very public screwups in recent years.
Mitch Prothero • 4 months ago

French Police Have Found A USB Filled With Police Info That May Be Linked To The Grisly Murders Of A Police Couple

The USB drive with the names and addresses of police officers was in the possession of a woman who knew the ISIS killer of a police couple.
Mitch Prothero • 4 months ago

Meet The Man Who Goes Inside The Minds Of ISIS

Daniel Zagury has evaluated dozens of suspects for French courts, including Salah Abdeslam, who was sentenced by a Belgian court to 20 years in prison Monday. What he's learned is that the most talkative ones are the most dangerous.
Mitch Prothero • 5 months ago

These 3 Companies Are Under Investigation For Selling A Chemical Weapons Ingredient To Syria

The announcement of the investigation came as UN weapons inspectors explained why they have not made it to the site of the most recent suspected chemical attack.
Mitch Prothero • 5 months ago

Syrian Rebels Hope Strikes Aren’t Just For Show This Time

Embattled rebels say they are looking for a morale boost and a real change to the country’s drawn-out war.
Munzer al-Awad • 5 months ago

Key Trump Officials Met With A Putin Ally During Inauguration Weekend

European counterintelligence officers say Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos's meetings with Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos before and after the election should alarm US investigators. And Papadopoulos isn't the only official he managed meetings with.
Mitch Prothero • 5 months ago

European Spooks Say Expelling Russian Diplomats Is All Well And Good, But It's Not How You Really Hurt Putin

“Putin and his guys aren’t going to care unless you fuck with their money in London,” an EU police official told BuzzFeed News.
Mitch Prothero • 5 months ago

A Hostage-Taker In France Has Been Shot Dead At A Supermarket After Killing Three People

French authorities confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the suspected gunman was dead.
Laura Silver • 6 months ago

Anger Over The Mafia-Linked Murders Of A Journalist And His Girlfriend Just Forced This Country’s Leader To Quit

Slovakia's Robert Fico was effectively forced to quit just weeks after the murders of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová, which have been blamed on the Calabrian Mafia.
Mitch Prothero • 6 months ago

Some ISIS Members Drove BMWs To The Caliphate

On a hunch, a Belgian newspaper reporter cross-checked the names of known terrorists with a list from Turkish customs of people who brought vehicles into Turkey and did not drive them out.
Mitch Prothero • 6 months ago

A Powerful Italian Mob You May Not Have Heard Of Is Blamed In Murder Of Journalist And His Girlfriend

‘Ndrangheta is less well known than other Italian crime organizations, such as the Sicilian La Cosa Nostra or the Naples-based Camorra. But it controls the cocaine traffic in Europe.
Mitch Prothero • 6 months ago

Yet Another Reporter Has Been Killed For Investigating Corruption. This Time His Girlfriend Was Too.

Jan Kuciak was found shot in the chest. His girlfriend was also killed.
Mitch Prothero • 6 months ago

Their Parents Fought With ISIS. Now France Is Trying To Figure Out What To Do With Them.

Forty-four are in a government program that houses and educates them and is evaluating them for extremist beliefs or trauma. But government officials say the program is inadequate.
Mitch Prothero • 7 months ago

French Police Are Targeting The Relatives Of ISIS Fighters In A Terror Sweep

Authorities are worried that family members also believe in radical ideologies.
Mitch Prothero • 8 months ago