Transcript Local approach on radicalization: Antwerp Local Police Department [copyright: Lokale Politie Antwerpen OCAD]

Antwerp Local Police
Department
Commissioner Karl Heeren
Chief Intelligence Division
International Relations
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Role of the ALPD and the
city of Antwerp
Local approach on Radicalization
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Belgium:
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11 million
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11.787 mi²
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Brussels:
NATO, EU
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1 Local Antwerp Police Department (LAPD)
Antwerp:
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520.000 on 78.9 mi²
Port (US cargo handling, largest
chemical cluster in Europe)
Diamant industry, Jewish
community (20000) – potential
terrorist targets
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2 Problem
• Growing concern concerning radicalization and extremism
• (young) people leaving for Syrië (political agenda and media)
Numbers (relative) until April 2015 for Belgium:
• 423 left Belgium (extreme high number for Europe)
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195 arrived in Syria or ‘en route’
51 failed attempts
61 dead
116 returnees
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2 Problem
• Growing concern concerning radicalization and extremism
• (young) people leaving for Syrië (political agenda and media)
Numbers (relative) until April 2015 for Antwerp:
• Between 80-90 left Antwerp region (extreme high number for Belgium)
• 50 arrived in Syria or ‘en route’
• 18 dead
• 13 returnees
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Origine:
Origin until Dec 2014 (374)
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Origine
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Geographical statistics until April 2015:
Geografische verdeling
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Vertrek: geografisch
verdeling
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Returnees – statistics:
Regional numbers (116)
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Regio
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Returnees – statistics:
Motivation (116)
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Motivation
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Returnees – statistics:
Duration of stay (116)
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Time of stay
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Returnees – statistics:
Fighting experience ? (116)
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Certainty
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2 Problem
• Majority of Belgian Foreign Fighters affiliated with IS
• Proven ‘Intention & Capability’ to target Belgium (cfr. infra)
• Strong online presence until end 2014 (now strongly
reduced)
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Hard to keep track
Decline in numer of ‘online threaths’
Media ‘fatigue’
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2 Problem
• Growing concern concerning radicalization and extremism
• (young) people leaving for Syrië
National Task Force on Radicalization
Coordination on a Federal level
Local Task Force on Radicalization and Terrorism
Coordination on a Local level
Public Prosecutor - LAPD – FEDPOL – ADIV (MI) – VS (SS) – OCAD
(CUTA)
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3 Initiatives LAPD
History :
- 2004 : PLP 37 (Ministerial letter)
- 2005 : Develope local plan of action LAPD + Federal Police Antwerp: first
draft Notebook Radicalization
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Education FGP
First draft Notebook Radicalization
Information exchange through Intel Service LPA – AIK – FGP - DJP/Ter
Feedback
- 2011 : Modification Notebook Radicalization based on COPPRA
(Community Policing Preventing Radicalisation & Terrorism )
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Notebook Radicalization
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Goal:
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Sensibilisation- create awereness for every officer – information flow
Offer a tool with basic information about radicalization
Recognition of symbols, groups, …
Education:
Every operational police officer
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Since 2007
1800 officers
This year: 350
one day
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4 Nuisance – public disorder
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Started small scale – ‘seemed’
innocent
31.03.2010 Benno Barnardincident UA – no arrests – no
municipal fines
15.09.2012 riots ‘Reuzenstoet’
– 230 arrests – municipal fines
for everybody (not the goal)
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4 Nuisance – public disorder
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Internal guidelines LAPD
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No criminal actions
Serious cases of public disorder
= administrative detention
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Municipal fine
(art. 84 policecodex)
Visualization – create full
picture !!!
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Public disorder by S4B:
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Disrupting events
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Create protest/riots
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Street dawah
No ‘criminal’ action – disorder – fines (not the objective) – give a tool
to the administration
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5 Program by municipal social service
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Pro-active / de-radicalization
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Individual
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Group approach
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Family approach
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Customized (reconnect to society)
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5 Program by municipal social service
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Casemanagers
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Goal ‘inclusion’ of youth and supporting parents and family
Support possibilities within a existing social structure
Disempowering of hostility towards society
 Unfortunately no longer effective for potential departures !!!
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5 Program by municipal social service
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5 FTE (incl. 2 FTE casemanagers (4 FTE – 6 FTE))
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2 external partners (CAW and De Touter)
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Regular social assistance
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Total 463,175 euro a year (support from Flemisch/federal level)
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6 Repressive administrative measures
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Cancel (erase) registration from civil register (register of population)
in case of departure
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By suggestion of LAPD
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64 – 8 pending
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Goal = Stopping unjustified childsupport, welfare, ….
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7 Criminal Investigation by Federal Police
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Goal = Conviction under terrorism law
(start 07.02.2012 – finished 2014)
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Verdict S4B 11.02.2015 - appael
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Focus on all 43 members
• returnees (prison)
• deceaced
• in Syria
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Sentences: 40 months suspended – 15 year imprisonment
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8 Task Force Radicalization
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Operational unit within Intelligence Division ALPD
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Monitoring of individuals, groups and entities subject to
radicalization (Consolidated list managed by CUTA)
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Focus on 100 individuals
• returnees
• potential fighters
• …
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T.F.R. organisational structure
- MINISTERIAL REGULATION OF 21.08.2015 OF THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR AND THE MINISTER OF
JUSTICE CONCERNING INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND SURVEILLANCE OF BELGIAN FOREIGN TERRORIST
FIGHTERS (FTF)
-COL 10/2015 OF THE GENERAL PROSECUTOR OF THE COURT OF APPEALS CONCERNING THE JUDICIAL
APPROACH TO “FOREIGN TERRORIST FIGHTERS
- S.L.A FEDERAL POLICE
- S.L.A PROSECUTOR
- INTERNAL REGULATIONS
TEAM LEADER
LOGISTICS
TASKFORCE RADICALISM
TEAM MEMBERS
OPERATIONAL ANALYSTS
DETECTIVES
INFORMANT RUNNERS
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL
PARTNERS
OPERATIONS
SURVEILLANCE FTF LIST:
POTENTIAL FTF’s
ATTEMPTED FTF’s
DISCREET
TENACIOUS
LONE WOLVES
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FGP/TERRO
FGP
VSSE
SAMENLEVEN
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ADIV
- SICAD
OCAD
- NYPD
ADCC
- WOT
JEUGDBRIGADE
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SURVEILLANCE RADICAL
INHABITANTS
RADICAL NUISSANCE
GROEPERINGEN
SURVEILLANCE CLUSTERS
PLAATSEN
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VERENIGINGEN
Partners
NYPD
Federal Police
Military Intelligence
Municipal
Social Services
Ministry of the Interior
Justice Department
Central Unit for
Threat Analysis
State Security Service
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9 International collaboration
High Level Expert Meeting
Ankara (TR) – December 2013
Department of Homeland Security
Antwerp (BE) – May 2014
High Level Expert Meeting
Rabat (MA) – May 2015
MOU with NYPD
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10 International expertise
 UNITAR
United Nations
21-22.10.2013 - Antwerp
 RAN (Radicalization Awerness Network)
European Commission
30.01.2014 – The Hague
 Continuous investment ….
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10 International expertise
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Exhange of ‘good practises’ of ‘fighters’ before, during and
after their adventure – (de)-radicalisation starts locally !
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Repressive-preventive measures (make it illegal to travel
to conflict areas (France, Germany, …)
Criminalize joining terrorist organisations
Focus on
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rehabilitation
de-radicalisation
re-integration
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Questions ?
Karl Heeren
Police Commissioner
Chief Intelligence Division
International Relations
Oudaan 5 2000 Antwerpen
+ 32.3.338.58.20
[email protected]
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