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The Scottsman (2 May 2018)

Jim Dowson, originally from Airdrie in North Lanarkshire, allegedly used advertising cash from the social media groups as well as membership fees to fund militant Christian groups in Kosovo who are preparing for “a war against Islam”. Mr Downson, who denies the claims, was once a close ally of BNP leader Nick Griffin and a co-founder of the Britain First movement which was recently banned from Facebook. The BBC investigation found he was the front for Knights Templar International (KTI), a Christian militant group based in the UK. The lowest price for KTI membership is £65, which means the group could have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds in fees if claims over its memebership size are correct. In an interview with a far-right American talk show, Mr Dowson claimed he had recently delivered “a huge consignment of bullet-proof vests and tactical equipment” to militants based in Kosovo, the former Serbian province which declared independence in 1999.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scottish-far-right-activist-denies-stirring-up-tensions-in-kosovo-1-4733543