General CT in Europe (catch all)

[davidbfpo]

Via Twitter, citing a newspaper report with no English version:

At least 8 informants of police agencies or domestic intelligence met w/, saw or observed #Berlin Christmas Market attacker Anis #Amri according to our investigation. Only one of them seems to have reported back fully and honestly.

Link to Twitter:https://twitter.com/abususu/status/1073542216184942594 and the original report:https://www.zeit.de/2018/52/anschlag...-offene-fragen

I have always been puzzled how Italy has largely avoided Jihadist attacks this might help to explain:

In the past years, expulsions on the grounds of extremism have acquired a key role in the Italian strategy to counter the jihadist threat.¹ 2015 in particular, marked an important change in the use of this tool.....the number of expulsions has grown significantly in the past 4 years. 66 deportations were made both in 2015 and 2016. In 2017 the number rose to 105 and grew again in 2018: on November 26 of this year, Italian authorities had carried out 112 expulsions.

Nice chart too, too big to show here:https://www.ispionline.it/en/publica...xtremism-21804

Finally Lorenzo Vidrino, a SME, now in Washington DC, has an overview review of CT in Europe.
Link:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-46557305