One of Direct Action's most noteworthy attacks, and its one of its last, was the assassination of the head of Renault Corporation, Georges Besse in November 1986.  Its 4 principal leaders, Nathalie Menigon, Jean-Marc Rouillan, Joelle Aubron and Georges Cipriani, were arrested in relation to this assassination in February, 1987.  With the arrest of explosives expert Max Frerot soon after, the group was effectively decimated<br /><P><br />The group has recently been in the news due to pressure on the French government to improve the living conditions of the Direct Action prisoners, some of whom have serious medical conditions and have faced long sentences of isolation.  Another member of Direct Action, Helene Castel, who was indicted in France for participation in the 1980 bombing of a French banking group, was extradited from Mexico in August 2004 and faces a life sentence in prison.<br />

Action Front for the Liberation of the Baltic Countries

Action Front for the Liberation of the Baltic Countries was responsible for two bombings in Paris in 1977.  One bombing occurred in the France-USSR Association Offices while the other occurred outside of a Parisian bookstore.  The group was previously unknown and has not been heard from since.  It is likely that attacks were in response to an increase in diplomacy between France and the U.S.S.R. in the preceding weeks with Charles d'Estaing announcing a meeting with Leonid Breshnev. The Action Front for the Liberation of the Baltic Countries was likely an anti-Soviet group whose main goal was to sabotage French-Soviet relations.

Action Front for the Liberation of the Baltic Countries has not been responsible for any terrorist attacks in nearly 30 years.  The group is inactive.

Action Group Extreme Beate claimed responsibility for an attack on the house and car of Danish Integration Minister Rikke Hvilshoj in June 2005.  Early in the morning, the group set fire to Hvilshoj's car and house.  Hvilshoj, her husband, and her two children escaped the house and avoided any harm.  The group issued a press release decrying the "racist refugee policy" of the Danish government.  Denmark has a very strict immigration policy which is the cause of Action Group Extreme Beate's anger.  The man who issued this press release has been arrested by the Copenhagen police and it is suspected that he carried out the attack.