{"id":365410,"date":"2018-06-14T16:03:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T15:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/1-in-10-returning-jihadis-prosecuted\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T16:03:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T15:03:37","slug":"1-in-10-returning-jihadis-prosecuted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/1-in-10-returning-jihadis-prosecuted\/","title":{"rendered":"1 in 10 returning jihadis prosecuted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>        Britain\u2019s \u201cslack\u201d tactics for arresting terrorists and holding them to account has led to only one in ten jihadists being prosecuted on their return to Britain, an counter-terrorism expert told RT.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MPs have called on ministers to toughen the UK\u2019s counter-terrorist strategy amid recent reports only 360 out of the 400 jihadists returning to Britain from Syria and Iraq have been prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>Preventive terrorism expert, Temitope Olodo, told RT\u2019s Bill Dod that the government\u2019s flagship Prevent program is <em>\u201cnot fit for purpose.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/428630-mi5-contest-far-right-jihadists\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.06\/thumbnail\/5b15107efc7e937e588b4605.jpg\" alt=\"The new measures will give security services greater powers to intervene in terror plots \u00a9 Luke MacGregor\/Reuters \"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>In September last year, the EU\u2019s counter-terror coordinator Gilles de Kerchove, said there are between 20,000 and 25,000 extremists living in the UK. 3,000 are considered to pose a direct threat by Britain\u2019s intelligence agency MI5 and 500 are under constant monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>Asked why it is so difficult for authorities to spot extremists, Olodo said: <em>\u201cThey are locked up within the community and that is where the challenge is.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019re not just talking about the over 400 individuals who have returned and haven\u2019t been prosecuted, were talking about another 20,000 on the watch list and 3,000 said to be hiding individuals\u2026so it\u2019s a mess.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em\/>Olodo said that communities are<em> \u201cnot really engaging\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCommunities are supposed to be giving the intelligence to the police and security agents about these individuals returning, and the fact that we are not proactive enough to pick these individuals up, then we have a problem.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x7HX_gCcceA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Olodo rejected the idea that it may be easy for terrorists to get through to the UK, and instead blamed the slipping through of jihadis on \u201cthe fact that we are slack in the way we do things\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere is a prevent duty on every public authority to identify people and report them through a [\u2026] channel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe fact is we need to start asking questions about how fit this process is and how much people are doing what they are actually meant to do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He concluded by saying that far from being<em> \u201cideal\u201d,<\/em> Britain needs an inclusive strategy that is people-driven, not one that is seen by the community as being against them.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you like this story, share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/429758-jihadis-prosecuted-counter-terror\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s \u201cslack\u201d tactics for arresting terrorists and holding them to account has led to only one in ten jihadists being prosecuted on their return to Britain, an counter-terrorism expert told RT. 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