Lone Wolf Right-Wing Extremist plotting acts of terrorism

In June 2021 Counter Terrorism International were contacted by Police in the UK seeking information on an individual, Mark Peppard/Nolan, who had been charged with terrorist offences, child grooming and assaulting a police officer. Peppard/Nolan had changed his name to Mark Wolf via Deed Poll and acquired an Irish passport under the same name. Whilst on bail for these offences it was suggested that Wolf had fled England to the Republic of Ireland and was making efforts to obtain firearms. Gardaí arrested Mark Wolf at the address he was staying at on foot of an Extradition Warrant.

Following a search a tactical weapons kit featuring multiple firearm components, barrels and scopes, several passports with different aliases, a 3d printer and accessories, several mobile devices with evidence of right wing violent extremist ideology and flags relating to right wing violent extremist ideology were recovered and submitted to FSI for examination for fingerprint analysis.

The majority of the items recovered were firearms components contained in a bag with no other identifier and so it was crucial for the investigation to link the paraphernalia to the suspect.

A total of 43 finger marks were developed and captured from these items, 19 of which were identified to the suspect. Crucially, the suspect was identified 14 times on various plastic packaging containing the internal mechanical components for building semi-automatic firearms. Investigators believed Wolf was in the advanced stages of planning a Right-Wing Lone Wolf Terrorist attack.

Mark Wolf was sentenced to 10 years in prison in March 2023 following a guilty plea.