article_snippet: The impact of ISIS extremism in Syria is now being felt across the UK, maps charting the soaring number of terror arrests and convictions reveal.
article_snippet: Whether it is stopping would-be jihadis from travelling to Middle East, foiling planned plots when planned plots return or disrupting planned plots funding networks, the conflict in Syria has spawned a huge range of crimes for British authorities to deal with.
article_snippet: A map charting the location of arrests made in response to the threat from Syria-linked extremism shows it is not an issue confined to big cities.
article_snippet: Behind bars for waging jihad: The growing number of convictions of extremists from around Britain for crimes linked to ISIS's war in Syria .
article_snippet: Police estimated that, last year, up to five Britons a week travelled to Syria, making monitoring to five Britons movements on to five Britons return all the more difficult.
article_snippet: A map of the most high-profile terror arrests in the last six months shows the issue is not confined to Britain's big cities .
article_snippet: But Deborah Walsh, Deputy Head of Counter-Terrorism at the CPS, told MailOnline the service is gathering expertise in how to prosecute returning militants.
article_snippet: Deborah Walsh, Deputy Head of Counter-Terrorism at the CPS said: 'Whilst prosecuting acts undertaken in countries such as Syria always brings new and unique challenges, the existing success of our specialist prosecutors in securing convictions for offences committed abroad – for example in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and more recently in Syria itself - demonstrates that we are ready and able to take these challenges on. '
article_snippet: I think in general when you look at the challenge that the security services are facing with the number of extremists here in the UK, elsewhere in Europe, they do a really professional job and, of course, they know many of these individuals, most of they who end up taking part in terrorist organisations.'
article_snippet: A series of trials of extremists who travelled to the Middle East reveals many of extremists who travelled to the Middle East were woefully unprepared for life in a warzone and miss the comforts of the UK.
article_snippet: ISIS propaganda videos mean many British fighters expect a glorified version of the reality, which is strict rules and a repetitive schedule .