Europol released its FIRST TERRORISM REPORT EVER this week, stating shocking news:
Terrorism is not a new phenomenon in the EU. Nevertheless, in the twenty-first century, the threat posed by terrorism to Member States is more serious than ever.
It's amazing..it took the EU almost 6 years since 9/11, 3 since the Madrid bombings and 2 since the London Tube attacks to come up with a paper on terorism.
It indicates that 498 attacks were carried out by Islamist, separatist, left-wing and anarchist terrorist groups in eleven Member States in 2006. A total of 706 individuals suspected of terrorism offences were arrested in 15 Member States in 2006. This report for the first time collates all statistical data on the terrorist attacks and plots in the EU as well as provides details on the where, whom and how of terrorist activities.
Yey! way to go! better later than never…
The small number of suspects arrested for dissemination of propaganda may indicate the lack of legal basis and difficulty in investigating these types of crimes. The number of acquittals may reflect legal challenges Member States face in terrorism trials such as a lack of capacity in both the investigation and prosecution stage to deal with the often huge amount of paper and electronic evidence, as well as the fact that thecross-border nature of the crime requires costly and time-consuming travel and cooperation.
Hot spots for home-grown or imported terrorists: France, Spain and UK. They "are most severely affected by terrorism
as concluded from the number of terrorist attacks and arrested suspects as well as the average penalties."
At the other end, terrorism-free (or at least so far) countries are: Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,
Slovakia and Slovenia.
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You conveniently “forget” to mention that only 3 of the 498 attacks were carried out by islamist terrorists, and you tag the article with Islam but not ETA?