83/2019: Foreign terrorist fighters/terrorist travellers

The aim of the activity is:

1. To strengthen and deepen the already developed knowledge and understanding of the participants.

2. To provide additional background information, exchanges of experience and a dialogue of selected topics, e.g.
a. Terrorist groups operating in conflict zones and their facilitators.
b. Current developments.
c. Threats coming from returnees and possibly their family members.
d. Threats as a result of the release of potential FTFs from prison, who have been prevented to carry out terrorist attacks.
e. Measures, methods and techniques.
3. To share good practices in the area of countering foreign terrorist fighters, analysing the threats in order to mitigate risks and to learn from each other’s experiences.
4. To support with the identification of those whose details are not to be found in SIS II or other databases, by referring ‘subjects of interest’ for detailed checks.