The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the arrest and charging of Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, an Iraqi national and alleged senior member of Kata’ib Hizballah, in a major terrorism case linked to Iranian-backed networks. Al-Saadi, 32, is accused of acting as an operative for Kata’ib Hizballah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), both designated by the US as foreign terrorist organisations. Prosecutors allege he was involved in almost 20 atta

A Michigan man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of attempting to provide material support to ISIS and possessing a destructive device, in a case that highlights continuing US counterterrorism enforcement against domestic support networks linked to foreign terrorist organisations. Aws Mohammed Naser, 38, formerly of Westland, Michigan, was convicted by a jury following a five-week trial. Prosecutors said Naser twice attempted to provide material s

A federal jury has convicted Afghan national Mohammad Sharifullah for his role in a nine-year conspiracy to provide material support and resources to ISIS-K, a designated foreign terrorist organisation. The conviction centres on Sharifullah’s involvement in multiple ISIS-K operations, including the 26 August 2021 Abbey Gate bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. The attack killed 13 US military service members and approximately 160 civilians during the evacua

A Chinese national has been extradited from Guatemala to the United States to face sweeping federal charges that underline Washington’s increasingly aggressive use of counterterrorism laws against transnational organised crime. Wenshen Xu was extradited on 30 January 2026 to the Eastern District of Virginia, where he has been indicted for conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States, laundering proceeds from drug trafficking and providing material support to a designat

The transfer of 37 Mexican nationals from Mexico to the United States on 21 January 2026 represents a significant escalation in the United States’ approach to cartel-linked organised crime, narcoterrorism and financial crime enforcement. It is the largest use to date of Mexico’s National Security Law to expel fugitives, and only the third time the mechanism has been invoked. The scale, profile and charges involved signal a decisive shift from traditional drug trafficking pros

The term narco-terrorism, once an academic and counter-terrorism buzzword, has entered the mainstream of United States criminal justice and political discourse. Its resurgence is not coincidental. On 13 May 2025, the Department of Justice (DoJ) unsealed a sweeping indictment against multiple leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel , charging them with narco-terrorism, material support of terrorism, and drug trafficking. This landmark case marks the first time such charges have been app

A New York man has been sentenced to 108 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support...

A senior member of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) has been indicted in the United States on charges of wire fraud, money...

A significant breach of US national security and global arms control regulations has been uncovered, with a Chinese citizen admitting to...

In a major counterterrorism breakthrough, a Michigan man has been convicted by a federal jury for attempting to provide material support...

Springfield resident sent more than $185,000 in cryptocurrency to fund ISIS operations and prison escapes A 35-year-old man from...

An Afghan national and lawful permanent resident of the United States has pleaded guilty to firearms-related terrorism charges in...