Editing Aum Shinrikyo (section)

===Monitoring===
In January 2000, the group was placed under surveillance for a period of three years under an anti-Aum law, in which the group was required to submit a list of members and details of assets to the authorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323004610/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5|title=Lower House panel approves bills to crack down on Aum|work=The Japan Times|date=17 November 1999|archive-date=23 March 2005|via=japantimes.co.jp|access-date=12 July 2018}}</ref> In the same year, a Russian member was arrested for plotting a bombing attack as part of a plan to rescue Asahara from police custody.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/21/national/crime-legal/authorities-uncover-aum-cult-cell-moscow-russian-media/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023104607/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/21/national/crime-legal/authorities-uncover-aum-cult-cell-moscow-russian-media/#.VioP93bP1qY | archive-date=23 October 2015 | title=Authorities uncover Aum cult cell in Moscow: Russian media | work=Japan Times | date = 21 October 2015 }}</ref> The plan was led by Dmitry Sigachev, who was arrested at [[Primorsky Krai]].<ref name="rbth">{{cite web | url = https://www.rbth.com/politics_and_society/2016/10/04/why-has-aum-shinrikyo-been-banned-in-russia-only-now_635553 | title = Why has Aum Shinrikyo been banned in Russia only now? | date = October 4, 2018 | author = Yecatherina Sinelschikova | publisher = [[rbth.com]]}}</ref>

In 2001, Russian Aum members had reportedly planned to attack the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]] with explosives in an effort to free Asahara from police custody.<ref name="TW">{{cite web | url=https://www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/news-and-opinion/aum-shinrikyo-linked-raids-take-place-in-russia-and-montenegro/ | title=Dozens of Suspected Aum Shinrikyo Cultists Detained in Russia, Montenegro &#124; News & Views | date=8 April 2016 }}</ref>

In January 2003, the [[Public Security Intelligence Agency]] received permission to extend the surveillance for another three years, as they found evidence which suggested that the group still revered Asahara.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5|title=Surveillance of Aum to continue on grounds it still poses threat to public|work=Japan Times|access-date=2 January 2012|archive-date=23 March 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323004610/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to the Religious News Blog report issued in April 2004, the authorities still considered the group "a threat to society".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.t3.org/Aum.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060722040355/http://www.t3.org/Aum.html|title=A Chronology of Police Actions: Aum Shinri Kyo and the Japanese Police|date=12 January 1997|archive-date=22 July 2006|url-status=dead|website=t3.org|access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref>

On 15 September 2006, Shoko Asahara lost his final appeal against the [[Capital punishment in Japan|death penalty]]. The following day Japanese police raided the offices of Aleph in order to "prevent any illegal activities by cult members in response to the confirmation of Asahara's death sentence".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5351376.stm|work=BBC News|title=Japanese police raid cult offices|date=16 September 2006|access-date=25 April 2010}}</ref> Thirteen cult members were eventually sentenced to death.<ref>Hongo, Jun, "[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111122i1.html Last trial brings dark Aum era to end] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121181130/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111122i1.html |date=21 November 2011 }}", ''[[Japan Times]]'', 22 November 2011, p. 3.</ref>