Overview

• A 33-year-old Tajik defendant received a four-year prison sentence for IS membership and fundraising activities linked to a senior IS member in Turkey.
• A 28-year-old Turkmene was sentenced to two years and nine months for financially aiding IS detainees and expressing intent to join an Islamist attack.
• Two additional defendants, aged 29 and 48, were convicted for collecting and forwarding IS donations, each receiving a one-year prison sentence.
• The court found no evidence to support allegations of a coordinated IS terror cell in North Rhine-Westphalia planning attacks in Europe.
• Two defendants were acquitted, and proceedings against another were discontinued due to his deportation to Kyrgyzstan.