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February 2025 | A 15-year-old British teenager is accused of planning a terrorist attack and belonging to The Base. He denies the charges and is scheduled to appear in court on March 14, 2025. |
January 21 2025 | Harju Court in Estonia convicted three Feuerkrieg Division members for membership in and recruiting for a terrorist organization. |
2024 | British Atomwaffen members reportedly took part in the United Kingdom riots, with Telegram channels coordinating promotion and planning. |
December 4 2024 | Police raided 25 houses belonging to members of the Atomwaffen splinter group 'Nuovo Ordine Sociale-Sole Nero' (New Social Order-Black Sun) or 'Werwolf Division' in Bologna. Members were arrested for plotting to murder Giorgia Meloni and possessing illegal firearms. |
October 30 2024 | Alexander Moucka, a Canadian Atomwaffen member, was arrested for allegedly hacking customer information from 160 companies and extorting them, with AT&T paying $370,000 to have stolen information removed. |
September 2024 | Three men are arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of belonging to The Base and charged with incitement to terrorism via Internet discussions. |
September 2024 | Italian police arrest an 18-year-old and place a 20-year-old of Romanian origin under surveillance, both suspected of having links with The Base. The 18-year-old is also involved in child pornography and had previously threatened a classmate with a knife. |
August 24 2024 | Blood Tribe led protests in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, marching with red shirts and black Nazi flags, which the city condemned. |
August 10 2024 | Approximately twelve Blood Tribe members marched with rifles and swastika flags in Springfield, Ohio during community events. |
July 26 2024 | European Union designates The Base as a terrorist entity, marking a significant international consensus against the group. |
July 1 2024 | An Austrian 21-year-old Feuerkrieg member was sentenced to two years in prison for membership in a criminal organization and planning attacks against Jewish people and Muslims. |
June 8 2024 | Blood Tribe led protests at the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre and in Deadwood, displaying a large Nazi flag on the capitol steps and marching around the Governor's mansion. |
March 29 2024 | The Michigan Supreme Court denied Watkins's appeal at age 26, upholding his original sentencing. |
February 17 2024 | Blood Tribe held a rally at the Tennessee State Capitol, marching down Broadway and past City Hall, chanting 'Deportation saves the nation'. |
February 5 2024 | Luigi Antonio Pennelli, a 24-year-old Atomwaffen member, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for 'apologia and recruiting for Nazism'. |
January 1 2024 | Blood Tribe members projected a swastika onto a dorm building at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and recited racist chants. |
2023 | Blood Tribe members began participating in anti-LGBTQ+ protests and established chapters in the United States and Canada, expanding the group's presence and activities. |
2023 | Gabriel Rodrigues Castiglioni carries out two school shootings in Aracruz, wearing a swastika patch and Atomwaffen uniform. He confessed to planning the attacks for two years and was previously active in Terrorgram Collective. |
December 2023 | Spanish Civil Guard arrested 11 leaders of a Nazi paramilitary group linked to Atomwaffen, with 11 more individuals under investigation. Seized items included 10 firearms, over 9,000 cartridges, 34 bottles of sulfuric acid, explosive precursors, and numerous prohibited weapons. The group had headquarters in the province of Málaga. |
December 8 2023 | Kristoffer Nippak and Matthew Althorpe were charged with making propaganda for Atomwaffen and membership in a terrorist group. |
November 2023 | A coordinated anti-terrorist operation by Europol and Eurojust occurs in six European countries, resulting in five arrests and seven people questioned. Police seized weapons, Nazi material, and computer data. |
November 2023 | Brazilian Intelligence Agency conducts 'Operation Accelerare', arresting seven men affiliated with Atomwaffen. Around 100 civil police officers participated in raids across multiple Brazilian states, seizing electronic devices, weapons, and Nazi paraphernalia. |
November 18 2023 | Blood Tribe held a rally in Madison, Wisconsin, marching through State Street to the State Capitol Square, delivering speeches with racist and antisemitic chants, and stopping at a local synagogue. |
October 2023 | Pohlhaus sells the Springfield, Maine property to a Massachusetts man, citing local pressure against the group's presence. |
October 2023 | Police discovered a new Atomwaffen cell in Mar del Plata and confiscated assault rifles during raids. Additional Atomwaffen cells in Tucumán, Santa Fe, and General Belgrano, Buenos Aires were also raided, with some arrested members being minors. |
October 31 2023 | The Lahti group members were convicted of terrorism offenses, with sentences ranging from 7 months of probation to 3 years and 4 months in prison for Viljam Nyman. |
September 2 2023 | Blood Tribe members joined Goyim Defense League for the 'March of the Redshirts' in Altamonte Springs, Florida, waving swastika flags and performing Nazi salutes. |
July 2023 | Finnish police arrested five men in Lahti who possessed assault rifles, adhered to accelerationism, and planned to ignite a race war by attacking infrastructure, electric grid, and railroads, with discussions of assassinating Prime Minister Sanna Marin. |
July 29 2023 | Blood Tribe members demonstrated at a Pride in the Park event in Watertown, Wisconsin. |
July 5 2023 | Patrick Gordon Macdonald, a member of Northern Order, was arrested and charged with participating in a terrorist group, facilitating terrorist activity, and commission of an offense for a terrorist group. |
May 2023 | The Tuscola County Circuit Court initially granted Watkins a resentencing, which was later reversed. |
May 2023 | Blood Tribe demonstrated outside a drag event in Columbus, Ohio, wearing red and black masks, carrying a swastika flag and banner, chanting anti-transgender slogans. |
May 2023 | Large-scale operation in Austria resulted in 10 arrests of Feuerkrieg-affiliated individuals, with firearms and Nazi paraphernalia confiscated. |
March 2023 | Blood Tribe members disrupted a Drag Queen Story Hour near Akron, Ohio, carrying weapons and chanting Nazi slogans with Nazi salutes. |
December 2022 | A Buckinghamshire man planned to attack his Jewish neighbours and broadcast it live. |
October 4 2022 | Trial began for Maurice P., an alleged Atomwaffen Division member, charged with attempted murder for cutting the throat of a Jamaican man. |
September 12 2022 | Former National Socialist Order members announce the formation of a new organization called the 'National Socialist Resistance Front'. |
June 2022 | New Zealand designates The Base as a terrorist entity, continuing the international legal actions against the group. |
June 2022 | RCMP conducted raids in St-Ferdinand and Plessisville, Quebec, allegedly connected to an Atomwaffen training camp in an old school building in Victoriaville. |
June 3 2022 | A 17-year-old neo-Nazi was arrested in Potsdam, suspected of preparing right-wing terrorist attacks, with evidence of weapon and explosive device construction and initial explosive tests. |
May 2022 | Pohlhaus purchases land in Springfield, Maine to establish an encampment for Blood Tribe members to live and train. |
May 2022 | RCMP laid terrorism charges against Seth Bertrand of Ontario for alleged links to Atomwaffen and vandalizing a transgender centre. |
April 2022 | Large-scale police operation across eleven federal states against Atomwaffen Division, involving 50 accused members, including a Bundeswehr sergeant. Raids resulted in the confiscation of Kalashnikov rifles, gold bars, money, and ammunition. |
April 11 2022 | Watkins pled guilty to conspiracy to train for a civil disorder and felony firearm, agreeing to a plea deal of 32 months to 4 years of incarceration, plus a consecutive two-year sentence. |
February 24 2022 | Russian invasion of Ukraine begins, further heightening global interest in survivalism and emergency preparedness beyond traditional prepper communities. |
2021 | Pohlhaus networks with other white supremacy groups and recruits followers, formally establishing the Blood Tribe as a membership organization. |
December 2021 | The two Dutch men are sentenced to 24 months in prison, with 18 months suspended. |
December 27 2021 | Five Italian Atomwaffen leaders were arrested during raids across multiple Italian cities including Pordenone, Brindisi, Milan, Turin, Ferrara, Modena, Verona, and Bologna. Nazi propaganda and weapons were confiscated during the operations. |
December 4 2021 | Finnish police arrested a five-man cell in Kankaanpää suspected of planning a terror attack, confiscating numerous firearms, assault rifles, forty kilos of explosives, and explosive precursors. |
November 24 2021 | Australia designates The Base as a terrorist entity, expanding international condemnation of the group. |
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