Spies swap services

The time for tearing down walls within France’s intelligence community has come. Several top DGSE members are going to switch over to the DCRI.(...) [ 219 words ] [€4]

Torrejon’s new missions

Following a major crisis in 2009, the EU’s Satellite Centre is undergoing a wide-ranging reform.(...) [ 327 words ] [€4]

Dark side of green business

France’s financial investigation brigade is probing CO2 trading fraud.(...) [ 320 words ] [€4]

Risk & Co’s allies in the Gulf

After opening a bureau in Dubai in 2009, Bruno Delamotte’s firm has teamed with Olive and Garda to develop its business in the Middle East.(...) [ 238 words ] [€4]

Faux pas and defection at Kroll

With the ink still fresh on the deal that closed the firm’s acquisition by Altegrity, Kroll is grabbing attention for other, less welcome, reasons.(...) [ 205 words ] [€4]

Internal strife at General staff

Amid a serious crisis of trust in the military establishment, on August 22 Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced he would appoint General Yoav Galant as the next Chief of Staff.(...) [ 252 words ] [€4]

An anti-Shi’ite service

King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa held a meeting of the country’s secular leaders mid-August to plan security for parliamentary elections, due to take place on October 23.(...) [ 153 words ] [€4]

Private security: Israelis still on duty

Officially, relations may have cooled between Tel Aviv and Ankara, but in the security business it is another matter. Israeli groups continue to outbid the competition(...) [ 197 words ] [€4]

Race to fill U.S. Army’s tank

Rival bidders are going full throttle for the lucrative contract to supply jet fuel and petrol to U.S. Army’s Manas base in Kyrgyzstan, which is an integral part(...) [ 249 words ] [€4]

King to intervene in Saad/AHAB spat

New York and the Caiman Islands having said they are not competent to arbitrate between warring Saad and Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Bros (AHAB), the bankrupt Saudi conglomerates which have mutually accused each another of causing their simultaneous financial downfall, will have to settle their affairs in Saudi Arabia.(...) [ 157 words ] [FREE]

Chinese fish in the Mekong

Chinese moles are reported to have infiltrated Vietnamese military intelligence.(...) [ 215 words ] [€4]

APL taps Asia

The 3rd Department of the People’s Liberation Army (APL), in charge of interceptions, is reviewing its network of listening stations in Asia and is reinforcing(...) [ 132 words ] [€4]

Race to fill U.S. Army’s tank

Rival bidders are going full throttle for the lucrative contract to supply jet fuel and petrol to U.S. Army’s Manas base in Kyrgyzstan, which is an integral part(...) [ 249 words ] [€4]

Ashton centralises intelligence

Catherine Ashton's External Action Service will soon manage the EU’s intelligence services.(...) [ 337 words ] [€4]

Why Abdullah snubbed Sarkozy

King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz’s cancelled trip to Paris, as revealed by Intelligence Online (IOL 621), was a serious snub to President Nicolas Sarkozy.(...) [ 191 words ] [€4]

Mr Henri’s tribulations

The DGSE is due to appoint a new representative to China this summer. The incumbent, who is also knowledgeable about India, is at the end of his mandate.(...) [ 221 words ] [€4]

Alstom and OHL in high-speed race

Alstom is battling rival bidder, Spain’s OHL, to win the contract to build the Medina-Mecca high-speed rail link.(...) [ 355 words ] [€4]

Moscow pressures DCNS

According to our information, DCNS is due to officially submit its bid to the Russian Navy to provide two Mistral-class BPC amphibious assault ships, with an option for two more.(...) [ 146 words ] [€4]

Clyde&Co, Kyrgyzstan pioneer

The former ambassador for Kyrgyzstan to London, interim president Roza Otunbayeva established privileged ties with several business law firms during her stay in(...) [ 265 words ] [€4]

Oil companies told to reveal all

Much to their competitors’ delight, ChevronTexaco, Exxonmobil France’s Total and Norway’s Norsk Hydro will have to publicly reveal previously confidential financial(...) [ 168 words ] [€4]

Two sides of Kroll

While continuing to develop his private investigation firm K2 Global Consulting, Jules Kroll is also getting into the credit ratings business via Kroll Bond Ratings.(...) [ 189 words ] [€4]

Mossad’s mobile moles

Brigadier Edmond Fadel’s military intelligence service has uncovered a network of moles planted by Mossad in Lebanon’s telecoms services.(...) [ 224 words ] [€4]

Why Abdullah snubbed Sarkozy

King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz’s cancelled trip to Paris, as revealed by Intelligence Online (IOL 621), was a serious snub to President Nicolas Sarkozy.(...) [ 191 words ] [€4]

Commandos take on PKK

On June 25, the Turkish armed forces announced that a new frontier guard made up exclusively of professional troops would patrol the most dangerous zones along(...) [ 139 words ] [€4]

Alstom and OHL in high-speed race

Alstom is battling rival bidder, Spain’s OHL, to win the contract to build the Medina-Mecca high-speed rail link.(...) [ 355 words ] [€4]

KPMG hunts missing millions

The Dubai International Financial Centre has mandated KPMG to investigate suspected fraud by former managers.(...) [ 235 words ] [€4]

A Uighur to watch over Xinjiang

A year after the rioting that shook Xinjiang, a Muslim general from the Uighur ethnic group is to be head of security for the People’s Liberation Army.(...) [ 164 words ] [€4]

Mr Henri’s tribulations

The DGSE is due to appoint a new representative to China this summer. The incumbent, who is also knowledgeable about India, is at the end of his mandate.(...) [ 221 words ] [€4]