UK's ability to track suspected terrorists and major criminals is at risk because of Brexit, Raab admits
03/02/2020
Access to vital EU crime-fighting databases could be lost, MPs told – after Theresa May warns they ‘keep us safe’.
New IRA says border infrastructure would be ‘legitimate target for attack’. In an interview with Channel 4 News, the group said it was committed to ‘armed actions’ against border infrastructure – and ‘the people who are manning them’.
Police holiday restricted amid fears Brexit could trigger terror attacks in Northern Ireland
15/10/2019
We've put arrangements in place to maximise our own ability to stand on our own two feet,' says assistant chief constable.
PSNI assistant chief constable George Clarke says no deal could be a "clarion call" for violent dissident republicans.
UK would need to 'start again' on security arrangements in no-deal Brexit, says ex-MI6 head
10/10/2019
'We would have to start again with a blank sheet of paper as to how we build up that cooperation with our European partners'
Sir John Sawers says it would be hugely damaging if UK-EU relations collapsed to such an extent.
St Andrews terrorism expert ‘extremely worried’ about Brexit ignorance at ‘highest levels’ of British government
05/10/2019
The director of Europe’s oldest research centre on terrorism is “extremely worried” about the prospect of a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit.
Sylvia Hermon warns no-deal Brexit will lead to 'greater violence' by dissident republicans
27/09/2019
An independent unionist MP has warned the British Government that a no-deal Brexit will lead to "greater violence" by dissident republicans along the border which will spark a "backlash" from loyalists.
Counter-terror police vow to thwart rise in violence driven by extreme-right ideologies.
A no-deal Brexit could prompt a year-long upsurge in dissident republican violence in Northern Ireland, a senior police commander has said.
Police on both sides of the open border fear if checkpoints return after Brexit they could become a target for militant groups opposed to peace in the region.
Far-right racist admits stabbing Bulgarian man in Tesco car park after shouting he wanted to ‘kill Muslims’
16/08/2019
An alleged far-right terrorist has admitted stabbing a Bulgarian teenager after shouting that he wanted to “kill Muslims”.
Counter-terror chief raises ‘deep concerns’ as key crime-fighting tools will be lost.
Establishing the tax havens could make it harder to sign a trade deal with the EU.
Political extremism has increased since the 2016 Brexit referendum, the head of terrorism investigations in the North West has told BBC Radio Manchester.
They said: 'We fully accept we cannot defeat the British militarily... but we will continue to fight for as long as they remain here'. / The New IRA, the paramilitary group behind the murder of journalist Lyra McKee, has said it will use Brexit tensions to recruit new members.
Brexit is helping the New IRA to recruit young supporters and continue its campaign of violence, senior members of the paramilitary organisation have said.
The United Kingdom’s Brexit plan appears to have prompted a wave of attacks from the so-called New IRA, a dissident group that never accepted the peace agreement signed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army two decades ago.
Transport body warns UK lorries would need counter-terrorism safety certificates.
Neil Basu added that a no-deal EU exit would be "very bad" for policing.
Cooperation vital in the face of twin threats posed by Isis and Russia, warns Andrew Parker
Losing access to EU intelligence data sharing will make UK citizens ‘ less safe’, warns former Met Police chief
18/07/2017
British citizens will be less safe if ministers fail to retain access to “mission critical” European intelligence services after Brexit, according to the former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Condon.