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SPOTLIGHT

SAUDI ARABIA

Interest groups Thrive on Crisis

All service suppliers haven’t suffered from the crisis springing from the Sept. 11 attacks. In the highly particular trade of lobbying on behalf of governments some U.S. and European firms are in fact flourishing. At present, dozens of government agencies are laying out money to commission lobbying operations. (...) [ 641 words ] [ €8 ]

Political Intelligence

FINANCIAL CRIME

Traces of Elf’s Treasure-Trove in Switzerland

The truth on the Rivunion Bank, the unofficial bank of Elf Group (in french)

French investigators inquiring into the Elf Affair since 1996 never thought to put any questions to their Swiss counterparts about Rivunion, a small Swiss bank established near Geneva airport and 100% owned by Elf. They should have.. (...)
[ 223 words ] [ €5 ]

DIPLOMACY
US-Uzbek Relations a Six-Year Affair
	The current U.S. Army presence in Uzbekistan is the offspring of a relationship conducted over a number of years between Washington and Tashkent. (...) [ 375 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

UNITED KINGDOM
Andy Blezzard
	The success or failure of the National Criminal Intelligence Service’s efforts to stamp out funding for terrorists rests largely on the shoulders of Andy Blezzard, head of the agency’s Economic Crime Unit since 1996. (...) [ 160 words ] [ €5 ]

FRANCE

Pierre Lafrance

An Arabic-speaker, Pierre Lafrance has emerged as a key figure in helping to shape French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine’s policy on Afghanistan. (...)
[ 250 words ] [ €5 ]

ARMS SALES
The Northern Alliance’s Shopping List
	Anti-Taliban forces are taking advantage of their new romance with everybody from Moscow to Washington to replenish their arsenals. Only a short while ago, their new-found friends were steadfastly refusing to arm them. (...) [ 346 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

EUROPE

FBI Knocks ?on Europol Door

In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, FBI officials in Europe stepped up their ?diplomatic pressure? to sit permanently on Europol, the organization that sees to judicial cooperation between Europe’s police forces. (...)
[ 149 words ] [ €5 ]

UNITED STATES
Ever-Closer Watch on Cyberspace
	Virtually all of the laws and regulations governing U.S. intelligence agencies drafted before Sept. 11 have been reviewed with tougher security in mind. (...) [ 268 words ] [ €5 ]

FRANCE
Finater Takes Off
	A new French finance ministry unit that was set up following the Sept. 11 attacks to track down terrorist funds will operate like a ? (...) [ 285 words ] [ €5 ]

TERRORISM
Tehran and Washington Inch Closer Together
	The guardians of Iran’s revolution have taken an historic decision to dismantle most of their overseas networks. At the same time, the idea of forming an anti-terrorist partnership with Iran is gaining ground in the White House. (...) [ 598 words ] [ €5 ]

RIYADH
Will the Al Saoud Family Weather the Storm?
	Under constant American pressure, the Al Saoud family held an extraordinary conclave on Oct. (...) [ 190 words ] [ €1,5 ]

GENEVA
When Will Al Taqwa’s Secrets Leak Out?
	In early October, Swtizerland’s chief public prosecutor, Valentin Roschacher, categorically denied that the former Al Taqwa company, re-named Nada Management and registered in the Tessin canton, could have handled funds from Islamist movements responsible for the Sept. (...) [ 169 words ] [ €1,5 ]

ROME
How Will Italy’s Military Take Part?
	Italian defense minister Antonio Martino declared before the parliament’s defense and foreign affairs committee that met exceptionally in Montecitorio on Oct. (...) [ 194 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	WASHINGTON
	Government Work Suddenly Seems Attractive
		The Bush administration has a whole list of new needs for staff since the Sept. 11 attacks. This could mean the private security industry could find itself short of manpower. (...) [ 238 words ] [ €5 ]

	BRUSSELS
	Highly Strategic Fight for World Patent
		The planning staff of high technology groups from Brussels to Geneva are engaged in a fierce but discreet war over patent rights. Beyond that, a struggle between Europe and the U.S. is looming. (...) [ 400 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

UNITED KINGDOM
Switch in CRG’s ?Insurance Partner
	The British concern Control Risks Group is going from success to success on the American market barely three years after opening its first offices on the East Coast. (...) [ 192 words ] [ €5 ]

UNITED STATES
Decision Strategies Spreads its Wings
	The investigative and business intelligence firm Decision Strategies (formerly DSFX) has made its first foray into the New York market by acquiring the firm Strang Hayes Consulting. (...) [ 219 words ] [ €5 ]

UNITED STATES

Akin Gump & Co’s Strange Connections

Since at least 1998, the lobbying and legal counseling firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauerr & Field has worked directly for the Saudi government. (...)
[ 310 words ] [ €5 ]

PARIS

Bio-Ethics a Lobbying Battle Ground

Being judge and jury offers a lot of advantages in the life sciences. A good example can be found with a highly influential expert at the European Commission who is to become a consultant in a law firm. (...)
[ 330 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

FRANCE

Jean-Michel Etarian

The French authorities view Jean-Michel Etarian, deputy director of a network that provides support for the European Commission’s Ereka program, as a ? (...)
[ 140 words ] [ €5 ]

UNITED STATES
Stuart Eizenstat
	The U.S. lobbying concern APCO has hired the services of Stuart Eizenstat, former deputy secretary of treasury in the Clinton administration. (...) [ 259 words ] [ €5 ]

Agenda

	ORGANIZED CRIME
	British Briefing
		Britain’s National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) is sponsoring an event entitled the ? (...) [ 108 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	INTELLLIGENCE
	French Conclave
		The Association Francaise pour le Developpement de l’Intelligence Economique (AFDIE) is organizing a 4th national business intelligence conference in Paris on Nov. (...) [ 110 words ] [ €1,5 ]