Project Compass delivers first year wins against The Com network

According to Europol, in its first year of operation Project Compass has delivered concrete operational results against “The Com”, a decentralised extremist network targeting minors and vulnerable individuals both online and offline. Since January 2025, Project Compass has contributed to 4 victims safeguarded, 30 perpetrators arrested, 62 identified and partially identified victims, 179 identified and partially identified perpetrators, and 9 joint awareness-raising activities.

The project enables coordinated investigations, rapid responses to emerging threats and structured operational information exchange between 28 countries. This summary comes from Europol’s account of the first operational results against the Com network, as reported by DataBreaches[.]Net.