CEP in the News

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April 8, 2021

CEP Senior Advisor Sir Ivor Roberts spoke on CNBC Africa about the new report "An Unholy Alliance: Links Between Extremism and Illicit Trade in East Africa" and the region as a key security partner.

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April 8, 2021

"'[Atomwaffen Division] has specifically advocated for violence since they were founded in 2015,' said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a terrorism analyst at the Counter Extremism project who monitors the group and its adjacent movement. '[S] everal of their...

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April 8, 2021

"Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, talked about the similarities in how ISIS and QAnon managed to appeal to people to join, and how they also attract the same type of person, during an episode of The Hunt...

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April 8, 2021

CEP research analyst Gregory P. Waters writes: "The kidnapping and prisoner exchange conducted Tuesday afternoon by an ISIS cell in central Syria raises new questions about the structure of the insurgency. The local dynamics of the insurgency are...

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April 8, 2021

CEP report referenced: "A new report has cited weak border controls, lack of security infrastructure and market surveillance tools as factors behind the increasing market for illegally imported and exported goods in the East African region."

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April 7, 2021

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed on the similarities in radicalization processes between ISIS and QAnon and how to address them.

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April 7, 2021

"Illicit trade is the driving force for some of the deadliest terror organizations operating in the East African region, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) report has shown."

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April 7, 2021

"A key security partner in the war on terror and a principal engine of economic development on the African continent—is being critically undermined by illicit trade, according to the new report An Unholy Alliance: Links Between Extremism and Illicit...

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April 7, 2021

"The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a non-partisan advocacy organization, was the first to notice the antisemitic and racist items. CEP wrote a letter to GearBubble CEO Donald Wilson on Feb. 4, informing him of the merchandise and asking GearBubble...

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April 7, 2021

"The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a non-partisan advocacy organization, was the first to notice the antisemitic and racist items. CEP wrote a letter to GearBubble CEO Donald Wilson on Feb. 4, informing him of the merchandise and asking GearBubble...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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