“For years, Venezuela has been one of Hezbollah’s key hubs for laundering drug money,” says Hans-Jakob Schindler, head of the Counter Extremism Project think tank. The cocaine mostly originates in Colombia and is smuggled through Venezuela to Europe...

Eye on Extremism: January 8, 2026

Several synagogues across the United States were targeted with fake bomb threats around New Year's day in order to extort congregations for ransoms to be paid through cryptocurrency addresses, according to information drawn from synagogues, Jewish...

In Britain, the first Brotherhood clubs opened 60 years ago. “None were openly identified with the Muslim Brotherhood and membership of the Muslim Brotherhood remained (and still remains) a secret,” the Jenkins-Farr report said. According to a recent...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed about the left-wing extremist attack against the electricity grid in Berlin.

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks on the terror attack against electricity infrastructure in Berlin.

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks on Hamas’s structures in Germany.

The mosque stated that it was unaware of the problematic statements made in previously released videos. Experts like Hans-Jakob Schindler of the research organization "Counter Extremism Project" remain baffled: "I have no understanding of why anyone...

Eye on Extremism: January 7, 2026

Iran’s army chief threatened preemptive military action Wednesday over the “rhetoric” targeting the Islamic Republic, likely referring to U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning that if Tehran “violently kills peaceful protesters,” the United States...

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks on Hamas’s structures in Germany.

The Case of Shamima Begum: Balancing Victimhood, Accountability, and National Security

In February 2015, Shamima Begum, Kadiza Sultana, and Amira Abase—aged between 15 and 16—traveled from Bethnal Green (East London) to Syria to join ISIS, following the same route taken three months earlier by their friend, Sharmeena Begum. While the...