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WORLD CUP INCIDENT REPORT: INCREASED RISK OF LONE ACTOR ATTACKS IN FAN ZONES

(The World Cup Incident Report [WCIP] is a near-real-time brief on potential World Cup threats closely monitored by The Counter Threat Center. The information is accurate at the time of reporting, but may be subject to change.) Agathe Labadi, Brendan Malcarne, Matthew George, World Cup Task Force Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor June 29, 2026 Soccer Watch Party[1] Day/Time of Event: June 29, 2026 / 0012 EST Location: San Pedro Square, San Jose, California, US Fixture: Non

RUTTE ANNOUNCED NATO WILL REDUCE KFOR TROOPS IN KOSOVO FOLLOWING IMPROVED SECURITY, AND SCOTLAND'S COUNTER TERRORISM POLICING TOOK OVER THE INVESTIGATION INTO SUSPECTED ANTI-MUSLIM ATTACKS

June 18-24, 2026 | Issue 25 - EUCOM Team Sofía Vilas, Chiara Michieli, Alexia Andrica, Jaydn Burgin, Fleur van Gorp Devendra Mahto, Editor; Alessandro Portolano, Junior Editor; Clémence Van Damme, Senior Editor KFOR Troops Patrolling the Kosovo-Serbian Border[1] Date: June 17, 2026 Location: Brussels, Belgium Parties involved: Kosovo; Kosovo Security Force (KSF); Northern Kosovo municipalities; Serb-majority municipalities; ethnic Serb communities; local paramilitary groups;

WORLD CUP INCIDENT REPORT: HEIGHTENED ACTIVITY FROM MEXICAN CARTELS THREATENS WORLD CUP CELEBRATIONS

(The World Cup Incident Report [WCIP] is a near-real-time brief on potential World Cup threats closely monitored by The Counter Threat Center. The information is accurate at the time of reporting, but may be subject to change.) Agathe Labadi, Brendan Malcarne, Matthew George, Sasha Sánchez, World Cup Task Force Devendra Mahto, Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor June 26, 2026 Soccer Field[1] Day/Time of Event: From June 11 to July 19, 2026 Location: Mexico Fixture: Me

CHINA'S MINI TAIPEI AT ZHURIHE: LONG-TERM MILITARY PREPARATION AND THE SHORT-TERM GAP BETWEEN COERCIVE SIGNALING AND INVASION RISK

Martina Elena Nitti, Cristiana Harless, Kendall McElwee, Martina Guerrero, OSINT-RDT Team Alessandro Portolano, Editor; Jennifer Loy, Chief Editor June 21, 2026 Mini-Taipei Site in Inner Mongolia, China[1] Key judgments China’s development of a large-scale training site resembling key sites in Taipei likely signals continued coercive pressure and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)’s preparation for potential military operations against Taiwan. Recent satellite imagery reve

WEST SHORE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE OPENS INVESTIGATIONS INTO CHILD EXPLOITATION CASES LINKED TO 764, AND HANDALA LEVERAGES ALLEGED FBI SURVEILLANCE ACCESS TO THREATEN WORLD CUP PARTICIPANTS

June 12-18, 2026 | Issue 23 - NORTHCOM Team Michela Sereno, Julia Ruiz Redel, Dominic Perfetti, Sharon Preci, Matthew George, Noah Clarke, Aristide Devevey, Jacob Robison Khushi Salian, Embedded Editor; Alessandro Portolano, Junior Editor; Clémence Van Damme, Senior Editor Social Media Network[1] Date: June 10, 2026 Location: West Shore, British Columbia Province, Canada Parties involved: Canada; West Shore Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP); law enforcement; online

IMMINENT WARNING: CREDIBLE THREATS PROMPT SEATTLE TO LINK CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION (CCTV) TO REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER (RTCC) FOR THE WORLD CUP

Giovanni Lamberti, Cora Jordan, Alexandra Valdez, Blaise Liess, Maxime De Crop, Bhavya Jain, Amelia Bell Alessandro Portolano, Ben Gentemann, Jaydn Burgin Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor June 9, 2026 System Monitoring[1] Event: On June 5, 2026, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson publicly explained her decision to activate 22 CCTV cameras and connect them to Seattle’s Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) in Pioneer Square and the South of Downtown (SODO) neighborhood ahead of the

IN INDONESIA, THE WEST PAPUA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY KILLED EIGHT, AND IN AUSTRALIA, THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON ANTISEMITISM AND SOCIAL COHESION CONDEMNED ONLINE HARASSMENT AGAINST JEWISH WITNESSES

May 21-27, 2026 | Issue 21 - PACOM Team Brendan Malcarne, Lucy Gibson, Nimaya Premachandra, PACOM Team Devendra Mahto, Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor Indonesian Jungle[1] Date: May 21, 2026 Location: Yakuhimo, Highland Papua Province, Indonesia Parties involved: Indonesia; Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI); TNI forces; TNI security officers; military officers; troops; victims; Indonesian Strategic Intelligence Agency; insurgent group West Papua National Li

FRENCH AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATED WHETHER AN ISRAELI FIRM WAS INVOLVED IN AN INTERFERENCE CAMPAIGN AGAINST POLITICIANS, AND UKRAINE LAUNCHED A LARGE-SCALE STRIKE AGAINST TARGETS IN MOSCOW

May 14-20, 2026 | Issue 20 - EUCOM Team Sofia Vilas, Chiara Michieli, Fleur Van Gorp, Leon Kille Alexia Andrica, Editor; Elena Alice Rossetti, Senior Editor Online Interference Campaign[1] Date: May 13, 2026 Location: France Parties involved: France; Direction Générale de la Sécurité Intérieure (DGSI); Service for Vigilance and Protection against Foreign Digital Interference (VIGINUM); far-left party La France Insoumise (LFI); centrist party Renaissance; center-left parties;

THE RESTORATION OF RYBKA GARRISON IN PETROZAVODSK: OPERATIONAL CHANGES AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS FOR FINLAND AND NATO

Cristiana Harless, Ilias Tzanetoulakos, Lavinia Ansalone, OSINT-RDT Team Alessandro Portolano, Editor; Jennifer Loy, Chief Editor May 24, 2026 Rybka Garrison in Petrozavodsk, Russia[1] Key judgments The Russian government’s investment in rehabilitating Rybka Garrison in Petrozavodsk will likely indicate a broader operational shift in Russia’s deterrence strategy on NATO’s eastern flank. Recent satellite imagery reveals the reactivation of the base, including site clearing,

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