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tial identifiers (bumper stickers and no funds or materials to use in a prospective
trespassing signs) and physical/verbal terror attack.
identifiers (tattoos and extremist-infused
These crimes may involve counterfeiting
rants).
or identity theft. False documents and
Even lone wolves rarely live in com- misuse of identification could hide illicit
plete isolation, often articulating activities.
their animus online and interacting After the 2016 Berlin truck attack, law
with others through that medium, enforcement found the perpetrator’s
and, occasionally, in person.
(fake) identity papers and fingerprints
in the truck used in the massacre.
Law enforcement can come across individ-
ual extremists while investigating tradi- The terrorist met his demise in Italy after
tional criminal acts. These crimes might be police asked him to show identification
precursor crimes so the terrorist can gain at a train station.
(Anis Amri, 24, pulled a gun on police after being asked for ID at a Milan, Italy, checkpoint. Courtesy of ABC News and
YouTube. Posted on Dec 23, 2016.)
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