02 January 2024 | State Threat, Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 22 December 2023, an individual was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for attempting to collect information useful to a terrorist.[1] The individual conducted hostile reconnaissance at the headquarters of Iran International, a dissident Iranian television station, in West London. Reporting suggests that the individual recorded security arrangements at the venue on his phone as part of a plot to conduct a terrorist attack.[2] Prosecutors did not suggest that the individual aimed to...
25 September 2023 | State Threat, Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 15 September 2023, the Wagner Group was proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK Home Office. The proscription makes belonging to the Wagner Group or actively supporting the group in the UK a criminal offence. [1] The Wagner Group is a Russian private military company (PMC) founded in 2014 by Yevgeny Prigozhin.[2] The group has been a key pillar of Russian state power policy and has operated in a series of countries including most notably, Ukraine, Syria, the Central African Republic,...
18 July 2023 | State Threat, Threat Analysis
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI, Junior Threat Analyst Read Time: 5 minutes Tags: Pool Re’s Threat Awareness Team have previously explored reports which suggested that the UK was preparing to proscribe Russia’s Wagner Group as a terrorist organisation.[1] On 23 June 2023, the leader of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, reportedly attempted a rebellion in Russia. In this article, Pool Re explore what impact the Wagner Group’s rebellion could have for the group, their global strategy, and the terrorism threat posed to the UK. Timeline of the Mutiny On 23 June 2023,...
