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Jihadist recruiter walking free in Belgium

Outlet CNN Date May 13, 2016 Role Correspondent Location Brussels, Belgium

CNN exclusive inside Brussels' jihadist recruitment network — McLaughlin interviews the mother of a teenager who died in Syria after being recruited in Belgium, and confronts a convicted ISIS recruiter freed by a Belgian court.

In May 2016 — weeks after the Brussels bombings — McLaughlin reported from inside Belgium’s jihadist recruitment network for CNN. The exclusive report interviewed the mother of a Belgian teenager who had been recruited and died in Syria, and confronted a convicted ISIS recruiter whom a Belgian court had released.

Why it mattered

The report questioned a Belgian court's decision to release a convicted ISIS recruiter and documented how the recruitment pipeline reached Belgian teenagers.

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