Urszula MrozowskaFrom Columbine to Teotihuacán: The Rise of Nihilistic Violence in Latin America
On 20 April 2026, a shooting attack took place at Mexico’s Teotihuacán pyramids. The alleged…
Mauro LubranoA Silent Escalation: Anti-Technology Violence Coming to the Fore
This Insight investigates recent trends in anti-technology extremism, such as attacks on data centres and…
Muskan SangwanFrom Reaction to Retaliation: How Islamic State Dark Web Ecosystems Processed the San Diego Mosque Shooting
In the aftermath of the San Diego mosque shooting on 18 May, public discussion quickly…
Fabrizio MinnitiHAYI and State-Cover Networks: The Changing Landscape of Terrorist Financing in Europe
This Insight was published as part of GIFCT’s Working Group on Countering the Financing of…
Yuri NevesInnovation in AI-Enabled Harms: The Transference of AI Knowledge from Cybercriminals to Extremists
Violent extremist actors, including Salafi-Jihadists, neo-Nazis, nihilistic violent extremists (NVE), and others, are increasingly adopting…
Katri-Maaria KyllönenRituals of Recruitment: How Right-Wing Extremist Combat Sports Groups Mobilise Young Men Online and Offline
The growth of online fitness ecosystems with ties to right-wing extremism (RWE), alongside manosphere influencers…
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Drawing on a selection of recent attacks associated with nihilistic violence across Latin America, Urszula Mrozowska adopts a broader regional perspective and analyses the circulation of TCC-related social media content glorifying local perpetrators.
Today, Mauro Lubrano investigates recent trends in anti-technology extremism, such as the firebombing of Sam Altman’s house. The analysis explores where this trend may be heading as well as the risk of further escalation.
A closer analysis of the recent San Diego attack by Muskan Sangwan examines how IS supporters on a dark web communication platform collectively processed and interpreted the San Diego attack in real time.
Today, @FabrizioMinniti explores the financial logic of state-cover networks and examines how the broader landscape of terrorist financing in Europe is changing, as organised crime and state-backed violent extremism increasingly overlap.