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This part of the website includes reports about terrorism and counterterrorism. Downloads are available of the NCTV and the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD). A complete overview of AIVD-reports is provided at the AIVD-website. Reports of the Research and Documentation Centre (WODC) are also included.
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Jihadism in Northern Africa
Report | 14-11-2011 | pdf-document | 0.30 MB
This paper is an attempt to learn more about AQIM and Boko Haram. There are several reasons for doing this. In the first place, AQIM and Boko Haram are responsible for the death of hundreds of people in Northern Africa. Secondly, the effects of their use of violence are not limited to the countries in the region themselves because there are numerous contacts between Northern Africa and Europe. Thirdly, AQIM maintains ties with the Al-Qaeda network, while in the case of Boko Haram there is at least an ideological connectedness. Finally, there are economic interests that are damaged by violent assault, illegal trafficking and kidnapping. The findings in this paper are the result of a study for the Research and Documentation Centre of the Netherlands Ministry of Security and Justice at the request of the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism into jihadist organizations in Northern Africa.
Good practices manual for CIP policies
Report | 29-07-2011 | pdf-document | 21.47 MB
Many nations are currently working on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) programmes, often facing similar issues and challenges. The sharing of experiences, challenges and solutions would greatly benefit these initiatives. The project has the objective to integrate CIP knowledge and experiences by identifying good practices. These are aggregated and shared among all policymakers in Europe by means of a manual. This manual was developed by a consortium led by TNO, with project partners from government organisations in the Netherlands, Slovakia, Estonia, and OIIP, an Austrian research organisation. Topics covered in the manual are: How to identify CI, The role of dependencies in CIP, Public-private partnerships, Information sharing, The role of risk management in CIP and The role of crisis management in CIP. In the manual, you will find a general description of the essential elements of these topics followed by selected good practices which are rated on their applicability to specific national contexts.
National counterterrorism strategy 2011-2015
Report | 29-06-2011 | pdf-document | 2.85 MB
The objective of this strategy is to reduce the risk of a terrorist attack and the fear of one, and to limit possible damage after any attack. This national strategy for counterterrorism in the Netherlands presents an integral and cohesive approach to terrorism for the coming years. The main point of departure is that an effective approach to terrorism can only succeed if the phenomenon is nipped in the bud. Not only must the acts of violence themselves be tackled, but also the process that preceded these acts. In doing so, the aim is to identify processes of radicalisation1 among groups and individuals at an early stage, so that specific intervention strategies can be used to prevent a situation whereby they continue to radicalise and become violent, and eventually start committing terrorist acts. Different responses of a more repressive nature are required for those who have already taken the step towards being prepared to commit violence, or who are on the point of doing so. This combination of preventive and repressive measures is known as the ‘comprehensive approach’ and has been used successfully in the Netherlands for some time now. The comprehensive approach forms the basis of Dutch CT policy.
Centrality analysis of terrorist networks
Report | 27-06-2011 | pdf-document | 35 KB
In this report the researchers focus on identifying important individuals in terrorist networks. First because such individuals pose a threat to Dutch society. Second, due to the scarceness of resources of intelligence and security agencies it is possible to focus only on a limited part of a network. Does there exist a decision support methodology in the quantitative domain that identifies important individuals in terrorist networks? And how can such a methodology be used to allocate scarce observation resources and to destabilize terrorist networks? These questions are at the heart of this report.
National Cyber Security Strategy
Report | 23-06-2011 | pdf-document | 0.70 MB
The Netherlands supports safe and reliable ICT1 and the protection of an open, free internet. Society’s growing dependence on ICT makes it increasingly vulnerable to the misuse and disruption of ICT systems. For this reason, the Government has launched a National Cyber Security Strategy, with input from a wide range of public and private parties, knowledge institutions, and civil society organisations. The Strategy constitutes the Government’s response to Parliamentary motions tabled by Raymond Knops and Marcial Hernandez. It also embodies the integrated approach to cybercrime announced in the 2010 coalition agreement.
