US imposes sanctions on Nordic Resistance Movement in fight against white supremacy


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  • Saturday, 15 Jun 2024

FILE PHOTO: Members of the Neo-nazi Nordic Resistance Movement march through the town of Ludvika, Sweden May 1, 2018. The march was opposed by anti-fascist groups and the local police, reinforced from other parts of Sweden, kept the groups apart. Ulf Palm/TT News Agency/via REUTERS/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement and several of its leaders, designating them terrorists as Washington seeks to combat violent white supremacy, the U.S. State Department said.

The action designates Sweden-based NRM and three of its leaders as "specially designated global terrorists," the State Department said in a statement.

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