Jailed terror cell leader Abdul Nacer Benbrika.
EXCLUSIVE
ASIO has seized the passports of several of the Melbourne relatives and associates of jailed terror cell leader Abdul Nacer Benbrika as it investigates cell members for recruiting local jihadists to fight in Syria and Iraq.
Fairfax Media can reveal that two of Benbrika's relatives, along with his fellow Melbourne terror cell members Ezzit Raad, Fadal Sayadi and Shane Kent - who were jailed in 2009 in connection with a home-grown terrorism plot - have had their passports seized, or request to get a new passport denied, by ASIO.
Prison authorities have also stepped up monitoring of Benbrika since the terrorist group Islamic State ramped up its activities in Iraq and Syria, limiting his access to religious books and phone, or computer contact with people outside jail.
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