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The Counterterrorism Group
Active Shooter & Threat Training for Places of Worship
Our Mission:
Detect, Deter, Defeat Terrorism
Our objective is to protect you, your organization, and your personnel against acts of terrorism and critical threats. CTG professionals develop customized services and solutions that will help you Detect, Deter, and Defeat terrorism or other threats that target you, your people, or your assets’ physical security.
IN PORTUGAL, TRADE UNIONS WENT ON A GENERAL STRIKE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT’S LABOR REFORM PROPOSAL, AND A GERMAN AFD LAWMAKER CALLED FOR AN ALLIANCE BETWEEN GERMAN AND US NATIONALIST PARTIES
December 11-17, 2025 | Issue 48 - EUCOM Team Marija Lazic, Leon Kille, Chiara Michieli, Jacob Fields Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor Protests [1] Date : December 11, 2025 Location : Portugal Parties involved : Portugal; government; trade unions; opposition parties; governing-aligned actors dissenting from the reform; transport and public services; employers and investors in transport-dependent sectors; transport providers; media and civic spaces; citizens The event : Tr
LIBYAN AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED THEY WILL INCREASE THEIR DEPORTATIONS OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS, AFFECTING REGIONAL RELATIONS AND SOLDIERS ATTEMPTED A COUP D'ÉTAT IN BENIN, BUT IT WAS THWARTED
December 4-10, 2025 | Issue 48 - CENTCOM/AFRICOM Team Giovanni Lamberti, Amelia Bell, Cora Jordan, Benjamin Baruch, Ludovica Leccese Elizabeth Fignar, Editor; Jennifer Loy, Chief Editor Land Migration in Africa [1] Date : December 4, 2025 Location : Libya Parties involved : Libya; government; Libyan authorities; European Union (EU); member states; European Union Integrated Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM); European Union Border and Coast Guard Agency Fron
OSINT TOOLKIT: BLACKBIRD, A PYTHON-BASED TOOL THAT INVESTIGATES USERNAMES TO MAP A TARGET’S DIGITAL FOOTPRINT ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
Priscilla Alves Pereira, Christian Collins, Mekhala Jambholkar, OSINT-RDT Team James Raggio, Editor; Jennifer Loy, Chief Editor December 12, 2025 Industry : Online Investigations, Threat and Social Media Intelligence (The Open Source Intelligence [OSINT] Toolkit is a report to help teach about various OSINT tools that can be used by Threat, Security, Intelligence, and Investigative Professionals [TSIIPs]) Account Search Across Social Media Platforms [1] What is the BLUF about
EMERGING THREAT REPORT: A DOMINANCE OF CYBERATTACKS ON CRITICAL INFASTRUCTURE; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF ARMED ASSAULTS; AND THE MILITARY/JUNTA ATTACKS WITHIN THE TRANSITIONAL NATIONS
(The DTAR Emerging Threat Report is to help Threat, Security, Intelligence, and Investigative Professionals [TSIIPs] with threat awareness and prevention.) [1] Nirmal Jose, Isobel Allen, Andrew Britland, Jeffrey Glibowski, Ignacio Valdés Fuentes, WATCH/GSOC Team Jackie Heier, Meghan Terry, Gabe Halupka, Jen Radlinsky, Editors; Jennifer Loy, Chief Editor November 13-26, 2025 *Events that affect multiple critical infrastructure sectors are counted within each sector Emerging Th
OHCHR WARNS ABOUT THE MYANMAR MILITARY JUNTA’S TACTICS BEFORE THE ELECTIONS, AND INDIA DECLARES IT IS CLOSELY MONITORING TERRORIST ACTIVITIES ALONG THE LINE OF CONTROL AND IS READY TO RESPOND
November 27 - December 3, 2025 | Issue 46 - PACOM Team Nimaya Premachandra, Matan Lieberman, Victoria Kotey, Lucy Gibson, Agathe Labadi, PACOM Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor Elections [1] Date : November 28, 2025 Location : Myanmar Parties involved : Myanmar military junta; junta officials; pro-regime Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP); anti-regime armed resistance groups; armed groups; in-person informants; informants; civilians; citizens; polpulations; cit
MARYLAND INDICTS A MEMBER OF THE 764 GROUP ON CHILD-EXPLOITATION CHARGES, AND IN SYRIA, A BEDOUIN COUPLE DIES IN AN ATTACK MARKED BY SECTARIAN SYMBOLS
November 20-26, 2025 | Issue 45 - Extremism Team Valentina González, Jacob Fields, Jacob Robison, Candela Echeverría Clémence Van Damme, Senior Editor Malicious Internet Usage [1] Date : November 20, 2025 Location : Baltimore, Maryland, USA Parties involved : USA; US Attorney's Office of Maryland; state law enforcement; federal law enforcement; Nihilistic online extremist group 764; 764 members; 764 member Erik Lee Madison; 764 victims; cyber-sexual exploitation offenders;
EMERGING THREAT REPORT: RISING ATTACKS ON THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR, A GAP IN COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS COMPARED TO TOTAL THREAT/ATTACK NUMBERS, AND BOMBINGS/EXPLOSIONS ARE A PROMINENT THREAT WORLDWIDE
(The DTAR Emerging Threat Report is to help Threat, Security, Intelligence, and Investigative Professionals [TSIIPs] with threat awareness and prevention.) 1 Aldara Carballal Presas, Camilla Montemarano, Khushi Salian, Mekhala Jambholkar, Natalie Goldwasser, WATCH/GSOC Team Jackie Heier, Meghan Terry, Editors; Jennifer Loy, Chief Editor November 1-12, 2025I Emerging Threat #1: From November 1 to 12, 91 events affecting critical infrastructure were recorded. 24 of those events
IRAN WATER CRISIS INTENSIFIES, AND IN THE PHILIPPINES, CITIZENS PROTEST AGAINST CORRUPTION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
November 13-19, 2025 | Issue 44 - Emergency Management, Health and Hazard Team (EMH2) Chiara Michieli, Leon Kille, Marija Lazic, Cristina Calvo Elena Alice Rossetti, Editor; Camilla Raffaelli, Senior Editor Water Dam [1] Date : November 12, 2025 Location : Iran Parties involved : Iran; Iranian Ministry of Energy; government; government security forces; pro-reform newspapers; pro-reform news outlet Etemad; citizens; farmers; agricultural workers; herding communities; United Ar
PIRATES BOARD A TANKER OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA AND BOKO HARAM AND ISWAP FIGHT OVER STRATEGIC LAKE CHAD BASIN ISLANDS
November 6-12, 2025 | Issue 43 - CENTCOM/AFRICOM Team Farah Birch, Cora Jordan, Giovanni Lamberti, Amelia Bell, Ludovica Leccesse, Amelia Bell, Benjamin Baruch, Meaghan Mackey Elizabeth Fignar, Editor; Jennifer Loy, Chief Editor Maritime Security [1] Date : November 6, 2025 Location : Off the coast of Somalia Parties involved : Somalia ; Somali pirates; Houthis; piracy groups The event : Somali pirates board a merchant tanker off the coast of Somalia. [2] Analysis & Impl
JNIM CLAIMS ITS FIRST ATTACK IN NIGERIA, AND THE SCHEDULED DELIVERIES OF F-16V FIGHTER JETS AND GLIDE BOMBS FOR TAIWAN EXPERIENCE DELAYS
October 30-November 5, 2025 | Issue 42 - Weapons & Tactics Nimaya Premachandra, Matan Lieberman, Victoria Kotey, Lucy Gibson, W/T Elizabeth Fignar, Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor Nigerian Soldier [1] Date : October 30, 2025 Location : Nigeria Parties involved : Nigeria; Nigerian counterterrorism authorities; Nigerian Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units; Al-Qaeda linked militant group Jama’t Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM); JNIM-affiliated militants;...
FLASH ALERT: STUDENT-PERPETRATED BOMBING AT MOSQUE AND SCHOOL IN JAKARTA. AUTHORITIES ALLEGE HOMEMADE WEAPONS WITH REFERENCES TO WHITE-SUPREMACIST SYMBOLS; OFFICIALS BE AWARE
Nirmal Jose, Ignacio Valdés Fuentes, Jacob Robison, WATCH Team Elizabeth Fignar, Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor November 8, 2025 State Senior High School 72 (SMA 72), Kelapa Gading District, Jakarta, Indonesia [1] The Counterterrorism Group (CTG) is issuing a FLASH ALERT to all law enforcement, citizens, and travelers following the explosions in Kelapa Gading, Jakarta, Indonesia. At approximately 1215 local time, blasts occurred at a mosque inside a high school d
ACTIVE SHOOTER & THREAT TRAINING FOR FAITH COMMUNITIES -- PROFESSIONAL SECURITY TRAINING COMING TO DETROIT -- ENROLL TODAY!
The Intelligence Training Center (ITC) is pleased to inform our community about an essential security training opportunity being offered by our colleagues at The Counterterrorism Group (CTG). In today's evolving threat environment, places of worship require specialized preparedness training to protect their congregations and respond effectively to potential violent incidents. Training Overview Active Shooter & Threat Training for Places of Worship is a comprehensive, hands-o
THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE DELETES THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING GATEWAY, AND DUFFY THREATENS TO PULL $160 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FROM CALIFORNIA OVER ALLEGED NONCITIZEN DRIVER’S LICENSES
October 23-29, 2025 | Issue 41 - NORTHCOM Team Martina Lopez Hernandez, Valentina Gonzalez, Candela Echeverria, Chiara Michieli, Jacob Robison Clémence Van Damme, Senior Editor Deactivated Website [1] Date : October 23, 2025 Location : USA Parties involved : USA; US government; US Department of State (DOS); US military; US civilian groups; social leaders; Non governmental organizations (NGOs); US online platform for reporting human rights violations by US military units Hu
PSA: GANG VIOLENCE DISRUPTS EMERGENCY CARE OPERATIONS IN HAITI; GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS NEEDED TO PROTECT HUMANITARIAN AND MEDICAL AID
Aman Bajwa, Ignacio Valdés Fuentes, Isobel Allen, Khushi Salian, Mekhala Jambholkar, Nirmal Jose, WATCH/GSOC Team Meghan Terry, Editor; Jacqueline Heier, Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor October 26, 2025 Haiti [1] Introduction On October 15, 2025, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced that they’ve closed the emergency care center in Port-au-Prince due to the ongoing violence in Haiti. [2] MSF temporarily ceased its activity after a March incident where gang mem
IN THE US, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO REALLOCATE TERRORISM PREVENTION FUNDS FROM DEMOCRATIC-LED STATES TO REPUBLICAN-LED ONES, AND IN NAMIBIA, AUTHORITIES DECLARE AN MPOX OUTBREAK IN SWAKOPMUND
October 16-22, 2025 | Issue 40 - Emergency Management, Health, and Hazards (EMH2) Team Chiara Michieli, Marija Lazic, Indira Hankins, Martina López Hernández, Cristina Calvo Camilla Raffaelli, Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor Monitoring Computer Screens [1] Date : October 16, 2025 Location : USA Parties involved : US; Trump administration; government; Democratic-led states; Republican-led states; defunded states; other states; major information-sharing hubs an
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