Exploring the Importance of In-Person Radicalisation to Understand the UK Terrorism Threat

Exploring the Importance of In-Person Radicalisation to Understand the UK Terrorism Threat

Author: Becca Stewart ASyI, Threat Analyst  Read Time: 10 minutes  Since 2010, in-person radicalisation has been linked to the majority of significant terrorism-related incidents in the UK. At the same time, rates of online radicalisation have been increasing rapidly resulting in growing numbers of convictions for online terrorism offences. Following the December 2022 publication of a report by His Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) exploring “the internet and radicalisation pathways” of convicted terrorists in the UK [1], this...
Cyber Terrorism: Far-right extremists’ use of social media – an explainer

Cyber Terrorism: Far-right extremists’ use of social media – an explainer

Our online terrorism series explores how terrorist organisations are harnessing the internet to radicalise and train potential recruits, disseminate illegal content, facilitate communication, and incite acts of terrorism. The third instalm... This content is subscription only. Log in or sign up for FREE access to our Solutions Centre to gain unlimited access to all our premium content, tools, products, and services in one easy to reach platform. Subscribe...
Cyber Terrorism: Islamic State’s effective exploitation of social media

Cyber Terrorism: Islamic State’s effective exploitation of social media

Our new online terrorism series explores how terrorist organisations are harnessing the Internet to radicalise and train potential recruits, disseminate illegal content, facilitate communication, and incite acts of terrorism. The second... This content is subscription only. Log in or sign up for FREE access to our Solutions Centre to gain unlimited access to all our premium content, tools, products, and services in one easy to reach platform. Subscribe...
Cyber Terrorism: Islamic State’s effective exploitation of social media

Cyber Terrorism: Understanding online radicalisation

Our new online terrorism series explores how terrorist organisations are harnessing the internet to radicalise and train potential recruits, disseminate illegal content, facilitate communication, and incite acts of terrorism. The first art... This content is subscription only. Log in or sign up for FREE access to our Solutions Centre to gain unlimited access to all our premium content, tools, products, and services in one easy to reach platform. Subscribe...
Monthly Threat Update March 2022

Monthly Threat Update March 2022

This month, Pool Re Solutions provides analysis of the involvement of far-right groups in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and what this could mean for the UK’s terrorism threat landscape. We also provide a roundup of significant terrorism-related events across advanced market countries. This includes the use of fitness apps as recruitment tools by far-right groups in the UK and the Global Terrorism Index’s review of the impact of terrorism in 2021, among other developments. Finally, we examine conviction and sentencing data for terrorism charges in Great Britain,...