US Designates Terrorgram Collective as Terrorists

The U.S. State Department has designated the Terrorgram Collective, a transnational white supremacist network operating on Telegram, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group. This designation specifically targets leaders Ciro Daniel Amorim Ferreira from Brazil, Noah Licul from Croatia, and Hendrik-Wahl Muller from South Africa, freezing their U.S. assets and prohibiting American transactions with them. The Terrorgram Collective has been linked to several violent incidents, including a 2022 shooting in Slovakia and a recent knife attack in Turkey, which were motivated by neo-Nazi ideology. The U.S. government expressed its commitment to combatting racially motivated violent extremism and noted prior arrests of U.S. leaders of the group for soliciting hate crimes. This action reflects broader international efforts, as the UK has also moved to criminalize association with Terrorgram. The designation underscores the ongoing threat posed by such extremist networks worldwide.