Overview

• Vitor Dias admitted to possessing extremist documents, including guides on making explosives, firearms, and a submachine gun, collected between 2019 and 2023.
• The materials were discovered during a May 2022 police raid on his Willesden Green home, part of a child sexual abuse investigation.
• Dias, an adherent of Nazi ideology, continued accessing terrorist content even after a police warning in September 2022.
• He pleaded guilty to four counts of possessing terrorism-related documents at the Old Bailey in August 2024 and was sentenced on April 24, 2025.
• The case highlights the Metropolitan Police's use of risk management software and interdepartmental collaboration to uncover and address far-right radicalization and online threats.