Operation Rich Picture

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This article is part of the Counter-Terrorism Portal project of Spinwatch.

Project Rich Picture is the codename given to a covert Security Service (MI5) and Police project aimed at collating intelligence and information relating to radicalisation of British Muslims.[1]

The UK Government's CONTEST strategy states that the objective of Project Rich Picture is to:

'provide a wider understanding of the context of terrorist activity and radicalisation in this country. Under this programme information is collected on issues related to violent extremist activity in local communities.'[2]

The Independent reported that the instigation of Project Rich Picture has led the Security Services and the Police to investigate up to '8,000 suspected al-Qa'ida sympathisers' in the UK.[3] It is believed that undercover officers are working covertly in 'colleges, mosques and internet websites' in a bid to detect those individuals that may try to 'groom or radicalise those sympathetic to the aims of al-Qa'ida'.

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