Contents
The Nature of the Threat 4
The Counter-terrorism Machine 5
Organisation 5
Olympic and Paralympic Games 5
Co-operation in Europe 5
Proscription 6
Statistics 6
Sources of statistics 6
Response to previous recommendations 7
Charging - standardising the practice of quantifying the occasions on which each offence under the Terrorism Acts is charged. 7
Convictions and acquittals - facilitating direct comparisons between statistics for Northern Ireland and Great Britain 7
Warrants for further detention - the number and success rates 7
Ethnicity 7
The future 8
Definition of Terrorism 8
Arrest and Detention 8
Charging and Sentencing Outcomes 9
Stop and Search 9
Terrorist Property 9
Port and Border Controls 10
Conclusion 10