Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Bitcoin a focus of national security.

A spokesperson for India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), (click here) its top law enforcement agency, has revealed bitcoin and digital currencies will be an area of focus during an upcoming conference organized by Interpol to be held in India.
Running from 17th to 19th November, the sixth-annual Global Focal Point Conference on Asset Recovery will more broadly focus on fighting corruption and financial crime....

Interpol has been focused on the danger to national security and the use of Bitcoin for illegal trade.

The raid in France reminds me of the raids in Boston. They are successful. The raids are removing dangerous people from French society. It is impressive the success French intelligence has  in narrowing the search for terrorists.

November 17, 2015
By Shawn Logan

...Police said Shirdon left Calgary in 2014 to join Isis in Syria. (click here)
According to the Interpol notice, Shirdon is wanted for leaving Canada to join a terrorist group, as well as participating in and instructing others to join a terrorist group.
Shirdon’s wanted under a so-called “Red Notice,” used for those wanted by national jurisdictions for prosecution.
In September, Mounties laid terrorism charges in absentia against Shirdon, accusing him of being involved in combat, fundraising and spreading propaganda for the brutal terrorist group.
Shirdon, whose uncle was once prime minister of Somalia, was reported killed last August, but resurfaced a month later on social media.
Calgary has seen at least four other former residents — Damian Claremont, Salman Ashrafi and brothers Colin and Gregory Gordon — reported killed fighting for ISIS.