UK bans fifth neo-Nazi group (The Base) under terror laws

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

UK bans fifth neo-Nazi group under terror laws

By Daniel De Simone
BBC News

12 July 2021

An American neo-Nazi group which is led from Russia is to be banned as a terrorist organisation, the Home Secretary has said.

Priti Patel condemned "evil white supremacist groups, who target vulnerable people across the world".

The Base will be the fifth extreme right-wing group to be proscribed in the UK under anti-terror laws.

Last year BBC Panorama exposed the organisation's recruitments efforts in the UK.

A BBC investigation also exposed the group's American founder Rinaldo Nazzaro and revealed how he was directing The Base from his St Petersburg home.

The Base, formed in 2018, seeks to create terrorist cells in the US and other countries in an attempt to establish fascist, white ethno-states through a "race war".

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57806800

[Haggard Celine]

1. Led from Russia? Go figure.

[LastDemocratInSC]

2. "The Base" translates to "Al Qaeda" in Arabic

[msfiddlestix]

3. Good to read. The U.S. needs to do the same thing.

I sure hope Nazzaro is stripped of his citizenship with the U.S.