The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) have collaborated with other Five-Eyes law enforcement and security agencies to develop this message, which calls for a whole-of-society response to help identify and deal with the radicalization of minors – especially online – across the Five-Eyes nations — Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Radicalization is the process by which an individual or a group comes to adopt increasingly radical views in opposition to a political, social, or religious status quo.

The alliance are increasingly concerned about the radicalization of young people under 25 years, and young people who support, plan or undertake terrorist activities. They warn that radicalized minors can pose the same credible terrorist threat as adults, and law enforcement and security agencies are not able address this growing issue alone

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