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Operation ODIN. JOINT OPERATION. Metropolitan Police Special Branch Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Branch The Security Service. German Arrests. 25/26 December 2000 Sigmund Freud Strasse 55, Frankfurt am Main Roderbergweg 136, Frankfurt am Main. Property Recovered. 4 Pistols
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JOINT OPERATION Metropolitan Police Special Branch Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Branch The Security Service
German Arrests • 25/26 December 2000 • Sigmund Freud Strasse 55, Frankfurt am Main • Roderbergweg 136, Frankfurt am Main
Property Recovered • 4 Pistols • 1 Revolver • 1 Hand Grenade • 2 Machine Pistols • Ammunition • Chemicals (Potassium Permanganate, Triacetone Triperoxide) • Cash • Video Camera • False Documents/Credit Cards
552a Abbeydale Road, Sheffield • List of Chemicals (TATP)AZID SODIUMPEROXIDE HYDROGENNITRIC AACETONEANADINE
UK Links • Mustapha LABSI (@ZAKI) • Abu DOHA • Abu QATADA
Executive Action (UK) • 13th February 2001 • 7 Addresses Searched • 5 Arrested
Executive Action (continued) • 14th February 2001 • 3 Addresses Searched • 3 Arrested
Executive Action (continued) • 15th February 2001 • 1 Arrest
Executive Action (continued) • 16th February 2001 • 2 Addresses Searched • 1 Arrested
Executive Action (continued) • 17th February 2001 • 2 Addresses Searched
Executive Action (continued) • 27th February 20013 Arrestedat Heathrow Airport (BA flight to JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia) 18th April 20011 Arrested
Summary • 14 ARRESTED • 8 CHARGED
Schedule of Charges • POSSESSION OF ARTICLES FOR SUSPECTED TERRORIST PURPOSES - contrary to Section 16(A) of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 and Section 82(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 • CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD - contrary to common law • CONSPIRACY TO MAKE FALSE INSTRUMENTS - contrary to Section 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 • CONSPIRACY TO MAKE COPIES OF FALSE INSTRUMENTS - contrary to Section 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977
2178 exhibits 76 items submitted to phone laboratory 16 Computer hard drives 127 CD’s seized 380 Floppy Discs seized Approx 1500 fingerprint exhibits 159 exhibits to HMIS 100 Cheque Cards examined 4 skimming machines examined 32 financial Investigations Total fraud in excess of £100,000 Logistics
Prosecution Discontinued • 16th May 2001“As a result of a review undertaken by the Crown Prosecution Service and senior Treasury Counsel the prosecution case against persons arrested for terrorist offences under Operation ODIN was discontinued. There was no criticism of police action.”
Present Situation • Mustapha LABSI - re-arrested on an extradition warrant and in custody pending extradition by the French authorities. • Amar MAKHLULIF @ Abu DOHA - re-arrested on an extradition warrant and in custody pending extradition by the United States authorities. • All others released
Impact WHAT DID THE ARRESTS ACHIEVE?
Previous Activity in the UK • Procurement for GSPC in Algeria • Procurement for Chechnya • Networks principally based in London
Trends in 2000 • Movement away from UK to Afghanistan • Increase in threat reporting (UBL & Middle East) • Whispers about Europe
UBL’s Role • GLOBAL JIHAD? • SEATTLE, JORDAN, FRANKFURT, MILAN - Are they linked? • Birmingham ?