Overview
- The State Department said the four groups will be designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists, with Foreign Terrorist Organization status planned for November 20.
- The listed entities are Antifa Ost in Germany, the International Revolutionary Front in Italy, and Armed Proletarian Justice and Revolutionary Class Self‑Defense in Greece.
- Officials attribute to Antifa Ost a series of assaults from 2018 to 2023 in Germany and Hungary, including coordinated attacks in Budapest in mid‑February 2023, referring to the group as the “Hammerbande.”
- The designations carry entry bans, potential asset freezes in the U.S., and criminal exposure for U.S. persons who provide material support or engage in transactions.
- Germany and Hungary have ongoing prosecutions tied to the alleged attacks, and Hungary placed Antifa Ost on its national terror list in late September.