Atomwaffen Division is an international neo-Nazi terror group, police say, which started in the U.S. The organization has since spread to the U.K. and Canada, alongside other locales.
"The group calls for acts of violence against racial, religious, and ethnic groups, police, and bureaucrats, to prompt the collapse of society," the RCMP said in its news release.
The Active Club network, meanwhile, is made up of decentralized cells of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups, police say. They operate in many U.S. states and in other nations, including Canada.
"The network was created in January 2021 and it promotes mixed martial arts to fight against what it asserts is a system that is targeting the white race, as well as a 'warrior spirit' to prepare for a forthcoming race war," the news release reads.
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The third entity mentioned in the news release, The Terrorgram Collective, is a group of channels on the messaging app Telegram that police say share "neo-fascist ideology and that produce and share manuals on how to carry out racially-motivated violence."
Niagara, Ont., man Matthew Althorpe is facing the bulk of the charges linked to the investigation, and has been charged with three counts of commission of hate crime offences for a terrorist group, two counts of participation in the activities of a terrorist group, and one count of facilitating terrorist activity, among other charges.
Toronto man Kristoffer Nippak was charged with one count of participation in the activities of a terrorist group.
