Dilitas Weekly International Security Brief

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The threat to the UK from International Terrorism is?SEVERE

The threat to Great Britain from Irish Republican Terrorism is?SEVERE

Threat levels are designed to give a broad indication of the likelihood of a terrorist attack.

LOW means an attack is unlikely

MODERATE means an attack is possible, but not likely

SUBSTANTIAL means an attack is a strong possibility

SEVERE means an attack is highly likely

CRITICAL means an attack is expected imminently

AFRICA

An Islamist suicide bombing outside a school in Somalia's capital killed eight people and wounded 17 including 13 children,

The Danish military says the crew of one of its warships operating off West Africa have killed four pirates in a gun battle.

Police in Burkina Faso have fired tear gas at people protesting against the state's failure to stop a rise in Islamist violence.

Germany and France have become the latest countries to advise their citizens to leave Ethiopia, amid an escalation in the country's civil war.

The UN says more children are being recruited into armed conflict in West and Central Africa than anywhere else in the world.

Liberia's small US-trained army is recruiting an additional 200 personnel to beef up its strength.

Thousands of people in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and other cities have held protests to keep up the pressure on the country's military leaders.

Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has declared a state of emergency in the wake of the country's worsening drought.

Nigerian sentenced to prison in a nearly $1.9M money laundering scheme

ASIA

The United States on Friday issued a joint statement along with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea and Britain expressing concern over a military offensive in Myanmar that they say is disproportionately harming civilians. They called for the junta, which has been accused of destroying homes and churches, to immediately end the violence.

Indonesian police arrest 24 people related to terror financing.

The US government has added a dozen more Chinese companies to its restricted trade list, citing national security and foreign policy concerns.

India's counter-terrorism agency has arrested a prominent Kashmiri human rights activist, Khurram Parvez.

Police believe they have smashed a money-laundering syndicate with the arrest of 14 people, including core members, for laundering HK$380 million through more than 60 local bank accounts.

AUSTRALIA

Australia is sending peace keeping troops to the Solomon Islands, as riots rocked the capital city of Honiara for a second day. The violence began on Wednesday when protestors stormed parliament in a bid to topple the PM.

South Australia Police have charged two men and a woman with drug trafficking and money laundering after their alleged crimes were exposed on the dark web.

EUROPE

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian "representatives" are planning to overthrow his government next week, as a Russian troop build-up sparks fears of an invasion.

Ukraine holds counter-terrorism exercises in conflict-hit region.

A general from the United Arab Emirates who has been accused of complicity in torture has been elected as president of the global police agency Interpol.

Police in the western German state of North Rhine-Wesphalia have carried out two large anti-crime operations. One targeted money-laundering gangs, the other, local biker gangs in a case of attempted murder.

MIDDLE EAST

A gunman has opened fire in Jerusalem's Old City, killing one person and wounding at least three others.

[Israel] The government has allocated $1.5bn (￡1.1bn) to prepare the Israeli armed forces for a potential strike against Iranian nuclear sites, and there are near-daily warnings from political and military leaders.

THE AMERICAS

Last week, the Southern District of California partially unsealed a superseding indictment (the “Indictment”) revealing allegations against 29 alleged members of an international money laundering organization (“MLO”) tied to some of the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organizations in Mexico, and who allegedly laundered over $32 million in drug proceeds from the United States to Mexico. The Indictment sets forth a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering and seeks forfeiture of $11,386,793.

Parents in southern Mexico say they are being threatened by a gang after their children's nursery won 20m pesos ($950,000; ￡710,0000) in a lottery.

Soon after their win was made public, they received threats from an armed group, which demanded that they use the money to buy weapons for the gang.

UK

Islamist terrorist group Hamas banned in the UK.

Drugs worth an estimated €9.8m (￡8.25m) have been seized by customs officers at Dublin Port. The drugs were found concealed in furniture which arrived from the Netherlands on Wednesday.

Rayan Saab, aged 22, from Nechells, Birmingham has been found guilty of sharing extremist material which police said could have helped someone commit an act of terrorism.

A 19-year-old man has been arrested by officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command. The arrest, on suspicion of dissemination of terrorist publications contrary to Section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2002, was made at an address in east London Friday, November 26.

Scotland's prisons have seen a surge in drug seizures during the pandemic, new figures show.

East Kilbride man sentenced for drugs offences up to ￡1.6M

Avtar Singh Mann, 50, of High Silver in Loughton has been sentenced to more than five years in jail for his part in a ￡25 million money laundering scheme.

CYBER/CRYPTO/HACKING

Apple is suing Israeli spyware firm NSO Group and its parent company for allegedly targeting iPhone users with a hacking tool.

A top Ugandan investigative journalist and an opposition politician have said that their phones has been targeted by Pegasus spyware.

Police believe they have smashed a money-laundering syndicate with the arrest of 14 people, including core members, for laundering HK$380 million through more than 60 local bank accounts.

Urgent Sky broadband warning after hackers may have spied on 6million customers.

Cyberhackers are using compromised cloud accounts to mine cryptocurrency, Google has warned.

A Spanish couple arrested for hacking 16 store computers to mine cryptocurrencies.

Ukrainian police expose international phone-hacking gang. Phoenix’ group laid low following seizure of computing equipment and stolen devices

AND FINALLY

The cryptocurrency-trading hamster Mr Goxx has died. The rodent, who shot to internet fame for his ability to often outperform human investors using a specially built trading cage, died on Tuesday.

AND FINALLY 2

[US] After a crime spree spanning decades, antique thief Thomas Gavin had just one explanation for his museum heists: he likes "collecting" old things.

Mr Gavin, 78, has now been sentenced to one day in jail after being caught trying to sell a rare rifle dating back to the US Revolutionary War.