Transnational Threats Update May/June 2006 - Vol. 4 No. 6

In this issue:

• Violence in Somalia Said to Be Fueled by Al Qaeda–linked Fighters
• Colombian Drug Lord Captured; Submarines Used for Transport
• Imprisoned Organized Crime Figures Wield Power from behind Bars in Brazil
• North Korean Counterfeiting Ring Spreads Worldwide Ripples
• Courts Sentence Islamist Terrorists for Plotting Chemical Attacks in Paris
• Planned Attack on Israeli Airliner in Geneva Connected to Cells in France and Spain
• Australia Convicts First Terrorism Crime
• Israel to Participate in NATO Naval Exercise
• Bangladesh is a Major Trafficking Route
• Iranian Officials Assert Their Role in Stopping Narco-Trafficking to West
• E-Passports to Be Issued in EU Member Nations
• U.S., Afghan, Pakistani Special Forces Conduct First Antiterror Drill
• Violent Jihad in the Netherlands: Current Trends in the Islamist Terrorist Threat