Paramilitary hitman linked to British right-wing group Turning Point UK
An Al Jazeera investigation has uncovered links between a Northern Irish paramilitary figure and the UK-based right-wing student group Turning Point UK. The report alleges that the group's leadership discussed facilitating violence and illegal activities for payment.
Why it matters
The report highlights potential extremist infiltration and criminal ties within political activist groups, raising significant security and ethical concerns.
Al Jazeera exposes UK far right's links to criminal underworld.
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A violent paramilitary linked to a proscribed terror group has close ties to a right-wing student group in the United Kingdom, an Al Jazeera investigation has revealed.
Allan Nesbitt, a convicted criminal who is a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), is linked to Turning Point UK (TPUK).
Our investigation, Contract Killers and the Far Right, began in 2021, when an undercover reporter from Al Jazeera joined TPUK, an independent offshoot of the right-wing US activist group Turning Point USA. TPUK has close ties to several senior British Conservative Party members, as well as to leaders of Reform UK.
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