UK Sanctions British Music Group, Production Company for Counterterrorism
The U.K. this week sanctioned a British band and its label for counterterrorism reasons after they were found guilty of terrorism-related charges. The country sanctioned the musical group Embers of an Empire and its production company, Rampage Productions, for "promoting and encouraging terrorism via its dissemination of music whose content promotes and encourages terrorism." The U.K. also said they have "made funds available" to parties "involved in terrorism."
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The designations came after Robert Talland, producer for the Rampage Productions music label, was found guilty of "racial hatred and terrorism offenses" through the creation and distribution of neo-Nazi music, according to the U.K.'s Counter Terrorism Policing unit website. Detective Chief Superintendent James Dunkerley said Talland and his children, Stephen and Rosie Talland, "were part of a network of hatred which had encouraged violence and extreme right wing terrorism across Europe for decades." Robert and Stephen Talland were each sentenced to multiple years in prison, while Rosie Talland was sentenced to 18 months.