2. Operation ODIN

3. JOINT OPERATION Metropolitan Police Special Branch Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Branch The Security Service

4. German Arrests n2n2n2n25/26 December 2000 nSnSnSnSigmund Freud Strasse 55, Frankfurt am Main nRnRnRnRoderbergweg 136, Frankfurt am Main

5. Property Recovered n4n4n4n4 Pistols n1n1n1n1 Revolver n1n1n1n1 Hand Grenade n2n2n2n2 Machine Pistols nAnAnAnAmmunition nCnCnCnChemicals (Potassium Permanganate, Triacetone Triperoxide) nCnCnCnCash nVnVnVnVideo Camera nFnFnFnFalse Documents/Credit Cards

6. 552a Abbeydale Road, Sheffield n List of Chemicals (TATP) AZID SODIUM PEROXIDE HYDROGEN NITRIC A ACETONE ANADINE

7. UK Links nMnMnMnMustapha LABSI (@ZAKI) nAnAnAnAbu DOHA nAnAnAnAbu QATADA

8. Executive Action (UK) n1n1n1n13th February 2001 n7n7n7n7 Addresses Searched n5n5n5n5 Arrested

9. Executive Action (continued) n1n1n1n14th February 2001 n3n3n3n3 Addresses Searched n3n3n3n3 Arrested

10. n1n1n1n15th February 2001 n1n1n1n1 Arrest

11. n1n1n1n16th February 2001 n2n2n2n2 Addresses Searched n1n1n1n1 Arrested

12. n1n1n1n17th February 2001 n2n2n2n2 Addresses Searched

13. n 27th February 2001 3 Arrested at Heathrow Airport (BA flight to JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia) 18th April 2001 1 Arrested

14. Summary n 14 ARRESTED n 8 CHARGED

15. Schedule of Charges n POSSESSION OF ARTICLES FOR SUSPECTED TERRORIST PURPOSES - contrary to Section 16(A) of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 and Section 82(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 n CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD - contrary to common law n CONSPIRACY TO MAKE FALSE INSTRUMENTS - contrary to Section 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 n CONSPIRACY TO MAKE COPIES OF FALSE INSTRUMENTS - contrary to Section 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977

16. Logistics n 2178 exhibits n 76 items submitted to phone laboratory n 16 Computer hard drives n 127 CD’s seized n 380 Floppy Discs seized n Approx 1500 fingerprint exhibits n 159 exhibits to HMIS n 100 Cheque Cards examined n 4 skimming machines examined n 32 financial Investigations n Total fraud in excess of £100,000

17. Prosecution Discontinued n 16th May 2001 “As a result of a review undertaken by the Crown Prosecution Service and senior Treasury Counsel the prosecution case against persons arrested for terrorist offences under Operation ODIN was discontinued. There was no criticism of police action.”

18. Present Situation n Mustapha LABSI - re-arrested on an extradition warrant and in custody pending extradition by the French authorities. n Amar MAKHLULIF @ Abu DOHA - re-arrested on an extradition warrant and in custody pending extradition by the United States authorities. n All others released

19. Impact WHAT DID THE ARRESTS ACHIEVE?

20. Previous Activity in the UK n Procurement for GSPC in Algeria n Procurement for Chechnya n Networks principally based in London

21. Trends in 2000 n Movement away from UK to Afghanistan n Increase in threat reporting (UBL & Middle East) n Whispers about Europe

22. UBL’s Role n GLOBAL JIHAD? n SEATTLE, JORDAN, FRANKFURT, MILAN - Are they linked? n Birmingham ?