On May 31, 2020, it was announced that a new Atomwaffen cell had been uncovered in Russia. Īccording to counter-terrorism experts the group remains active and continues to establish affiliates in Europe. On March 25, 2020, a Missouri man affiliated with Atomwaffen allegedly planned to destroy a hospital treating coronavirus victims with a car bomb and died in a shootout with the FBI. An intelligence brief distributed by federal law enforcement warned that Atomwaffen and its branches discussed taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the group was believed to be on the cusp of being designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the State Department, and the Anti-Defamation League stated that "the move is designed to give members breathing room rather than actually end their militant activities". On March 14, 2020, Mason claimed that the Atomwaffen Division had disbanded. According to International Centre for Counter-Terrorism the group has a large number of "initiates" in addition to 60 to 80 full members. ProPublica, in early 2018, estimated that Atomwaffen had 80 members, while the Anti-Defamation League estimated that it had 24 to 36 active members. ĭuring an investigation, ProPublica obtained 250,000 encrypted chat logs written by members of the group. Ītomwaffen has ties to various affiliated neo-Nazi groups. In October 2020 Ukraine deported two Atomwaffen members who tried to join Azov for inciting murders and terrorism. Atomwaffen members have also sought to train with the Azov Battalion and Russian Imperial Movement. Navy officer was expelled for allegedly recruiting 12 members for the group and four affiliated US Marines were charged with trafficking and manufacturing firearms for the group. Armed Forces who train the organization's members in the use of firearms and military tactics. Atomwaffen Division has recruited several veterans and current members of the U.S. It posted recruiting posters at the University of Chicago, the University of Central Florida, the Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and Boston University. Its campus recruitment poster campaigns urged students to "Join Your Local Nazis!" and say "The Nazis Are Coming!". The group's membership is mostly young, and it has also recruited new members on university campuses. As for activism, we spread awareness in the real world through unconventional means." Hand to hand, arms training, and various other forms of training. In its initial posts, the group described itself as a "very fanatical, ideological band of comrades who do both activism and militant training. In 2015, the group's creation was announced by founding member Brandon Russell, on the Neo-fascist and Neo-Nazi web forum, which, prior to its shutdown in 2017, had been linked to several acts of Neo-Nazi terrorism and violent militant groups such as the Nordic Resistance Movement, National Action, CasaPound, and Golden Dawn. Members of the Atomwaffen Division have been held responsible for a number of murders, planned terrorist attacks, and other criminal actions. It is listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and it is also designated as a terrorist group by multiple governments, including the United Kingdom and Canada. The group is described as a part of the alt-right by some journalists, but it rejects the label and it is considered extreme even within that movement. Formed in 2013 and based in the Southern United States, it has since expanded across the United States and into the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, the Baltic states, and other European countries. The Atomwaffen Division ( Atomwaffen meaning " nuclear weapons" in German), also known as the National Socialist Resistance Front, is an international far right-wing extremist and neo-Nazi terrorist network. Several dozen (Canada/Germany/UK) Īrms trafficking, robbery, money laundering, clandestine chemistry.Murders of 5–8 people in the US and up to 6 around the world United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Baltic States, Russia, Switzerland, Italy, Finland, Ireland and other European countries
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