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Issue no. 687 dated 24 april, 2013

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CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE

Consultants go to war on Mount Simandou

The largely private investigation ordered by Guinean President Alpha Conde into corruption in the country’s mining sector has led to a bitter stand-off between consultants working for the government and those defending the companies that are being probed. It has also prompted an official US Foreign Corrupt Practices(...) [ 524 words ]

FRANCE
Bernard Squarcini

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UNITED STATES
Lafras Luitingh

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UNITED KINGDOM
Tom Strathclyde

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Ultimara works on successor to optronic pod

A California start-up is developing an ultra-slim miniature sensor designed to replace the US Army’s bulky optical and infra-red cameras.(...) [ 286 words ]

MEICO, rebel arms supplier

Under NATO supervision Albania has progressively disposed of the military stocks it amassed during the Stalinist reign of Enver Hoxha. However the alliance sometimes turns a blind eye to arms deals that suit its purposes.(...) [ 391 words ]

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GREY AREAS

SYRIA

Syria: chemical contingency plans

Western nations and the Gulf monarchies are making contingency plans to intervene in Syria if the regime uses chemical weapons.(...) [ 352 words ]

FRANCE

Pale imitation of the RG

Despite the weaknesses in the French government’s general intelligence apparatus, there are no plans to improve it.(...) [ 230 words ]

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FRANCE - Max Torossian, the 61-year-old division commissioner and former chief of staff of the(...) [ 94 words ]

RUSSIA - Raymond Poeteray, the Dutch consular agent who sold diplomatic documents to Russia for(...) [ 122 words ]

AFGHANISTAN / UNITED KINGDOM - London makes plans to repatriate materiel The UK and Tajikistan have signed an agreement concerning the repatriation of British(...) [ 105 words ]

UNITED STATES / TAIWAN

Taiwan, an ally against Chinese hackers

King Pu-tsung, Taiwan’s representative in Washington, recently met representatives of the US Department of Homeland Security and negotiated Taiwan’s involvement(...) [ 110 words ]

SYRIA / UNITED STATES

Washington lays off Assad’s financier

On April 18, two days before the European Union lifted its embargo on Syrian oil, the United States lifted sanctions that it imposed in May 2011 on Nabil Al-Kuzbari,(...) [ 189 words ]

UNITED STATES - Mark Gillette, the US Army brigadier-general who has been the Defence Intelligence Agency’s(...) [ 75 words ]

UNITED STATES - John Brennan, the new director of the CIA, received the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin(...) [ 88 words ]

CANADA - Richard Fadden is to become Canada's deputy minister for defence, Prime Minister Stephen(...) [ 70 words ]

UNITED STATES - The DIA is looking to equip its future Defense Clandestine Service with a secure mobile(...) [ 123 words ]

SAUDI ARABIA

Succession war hots up

The sacking of defence vice-minister Khaled bin Sultan leaves the way free for Crown Prince Mutaib, the king’s son.(...) [ 324 words ]

LEBANON / SYRIA

Jabhat al-Nusra regroups in Lebanon

Having initially tolerated Jabhat al-Nusra on its soil, even after the US declared in December that it was a terrorist organisation, Turkey has changed its tune of late.(...) [ 208 words ] [FREE]

SYRIA / UNITED STATES

Washington lays off Assad’s financier

On April 18, two days before the European Union lifted its embargo on Syrian oil, the United States lifted sanctions that it imposed in May 2011 on Nabil Al-Kuzbari,(...) [ 189 words ]

LEBANON / IRAN - Nasrallah’s trip to Tehran Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, took a scheduled Iran Air flight(...) [ 75 words ]

SAUDI ARABIA - A wall against the Houthi Saudi Arabia has asked several Western engineering consultants to produce feasibility(...) [ 109 words ]

ISRAEL - Anthrax expert retires Avigdor Shafferman, an Anthrax specialist, recently retired after 18 years as head of(...) [ 113 words ]

AFGHANISTAN / UNITED KINGDOM - London makes plans to repatriate materiel The UK and Tajikistan have signed an agreement concerning the repatriation of British(...) [ 105 words ]

SYRIA / TURKEY - Turkey steps in to save FSA founder's life Colonel Riad al-Asaad, the commander of the Free Syrian Army, was the target of a car(...) [ 107 words ]

CHINA

State Security to be demoted

Weakened by the implication of some of its officers in the Bo Xilai affair, China’s intelligence service looks set to be demoted from ministry status.(...) [ 162 words ]

UNITED STATES / TAIWAN

Taiwan, an ally against Chinese hackers

King Pu-tsung, Taiwan’s representative in Washington, recently met representatives of the US Department of Homeland Security and negotiated Taiwan’s involvement(...) [ 110 words ]

AFGHANISTAN / UNITED KINGDOM - London makes plans to repatriate materiel The UK and Tajikistan have signed an agreement concerning the repatriation of British(...) [ 105 words ]

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THE RED LINE

FRANCE

Leasing deal mooted for A400M transport plane

With its defence budget frozen, Paris is thinking of leasing the new A400M military transport plane.(...) [ 357 words ]

FRANCE

Amarante freed French hostage

Pierre-Antoine Lorenzi's private security company handled the negotiation and release of French hostage Charles Ballard, the financial director of the NGO Acted in Afghanistan.(...) [ 187 words ]

UNITED KINGDOM

G3 makes first investment

The first corporate intelligence firm to get into venture capital, G3 recently invested in a mobile phone detection company.(...) [ 302 words ]

UNITED KINGDOM

Fulcrum lands major contract

The London law firm Fulcrum Chambers, which specialises in corruption cases (IOL 641), snagged one of the most sought-after contracts in the City at the beginning(...) [ 202 words ]

FRANCE / MALAYSIA

Tigers to fight Sultan Kiram III

Malaysian Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid sought out Eurocopter at the Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition in March to discuss Malaysia’s procurement(...) [ 196 words ]

UNITED KINGDOM

Black Cube puzzles

Britain's corporate intelligence world was intrigued last week when news broke that an self-styled "Israeli corporate intelligence outfit" by the name of Black(...) [ 144 words ]

UNITED KINGDOM - G3, the corporate intelligence firm founded by South African Andre Pienaar is negotiating(...) [ 89 words ]

UNITED KINGDOM - David Gold has been appointed chairman of the board of Proven, the “litigation support"(...) [ 122 words ]

FRANCE - Geos, the private security group headed by retired general Jean Heinrich, has won the(...) [ 67 words ]

SAUDI ARABIA / EUROPE - French, British defence chiefs cross paths Admiral Edouard Guillaud, France’s chief of defence staff, and his British counterpart(...) [ 75 words ]

AFGHANISTAN / EUROPEAN UNION - Kabul EEAS security contract in play again In the wake of Page Group’s fiscal woes in Afghanistan (IOL 684), the European Union(...) [ 149 words ]

CANADA

GardaWorld pitches to diplomats

The Canadian security group is looking for more business protecting embassies and diplomatic corps around the world.(...) [ 227 words ]

UNITED STATES - Michael Slattery, who was hired seven years ago to set up the company's corporate intelligence(...) [ 132 words ]

UNITED STATES - Global Integrated Security, the security subsidiary of former Royal Marine Damien Perl’s(...) [ 56 words ]

UNITED STATES - Michael Hayden, the former head of the National Security Agency (1999-2005) and the CIA(...) [ 78 words ]

UNITED STATES - RAK’s flaks Having won a long-fought PR war with his brother Khalid (IOL 620), Saud Bin Saqr al Qasimi,(...) [ 120 words ]

AFGHANISTAN / EUROPEAN UNION - Kabul EEAS security contract in play again In the wake of Page Group’s fiscal woes in Afghanistan (IOL 684), the European Union(...) [ 149 words ]

QATAR - Thales and Soulie settle, say sources Thales has reached an out-of-court financial settlement with consultant Jean-Paul Soulie,(...) [ 96 words ]

SAUDI ARABIA / EUROPE - French, British defence chiefs cross paths Admiral Edouard Guillaud, France’s chief of defence staff, and his British counterpart(...) [ 75 words ]

SYRIA - Diplomatic advisor for opposition The National Coalition, the main political opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, began(...) [ 98 words ]

AFGHANISTAN / EUROPEAN UNION - Kabul EEAS security contract in play again In the wake of Page Group’s fiscal woes in Afghanistan (IOL 684), the European Union(...) [ 149 words ]

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