Finland Disrupted an ISIS-Linked Network Operating from Its Territory (defence24.com)

• Finland disrupted an ISIS-linked network that operated from its territory to support attacks in Europe.
• Ruslan Meyriev sentenced to 12 years in Antwerp for terrorist financing and plotting a bomb attack.
• Supo warns of increasingly professional terrorist support networks and Russian-speaking ISKP cells.

"Finland's Security Intelligence Service (Supo) dismantled an ISIS-linked network that was operating from Finnish territory and supporting terrorist activities elsewhere in Europe. The case centers on Ruslan Meyriev, sentenced to 12 years in Antwerp for terrorist financing and plotting a bomb attack. Meyriev lived in Finland before being arrested in Sweden in August 2024 and extradited to Belgium. Supo called it one of its largest counter-terrorism operations. The network was focused on logistics, fundraising, and operational coordination for ISIS outside Finland. Supo links this to a broader trend of more sophisticated terrorist support networks, including growing Russian-speaking extremist networks tied to ISIS/ISKP."