Ambani is the key intermediary for the French military-industrial complex in India. ©Bloomberg FRANCE / INDIA Published on 16/08/2017 Business moghul Ambani is key partner for defence contracts between France and India
Peter Thiel has become Trump's principal technology adviser. ©Bloomberg UNITED STATES Published on 09/08/2017 Thiel is Trump's intelligence guru
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UNITED STATES RUSSIA 05/12/2018 Oligarch Oleg Deripaska uses former SVR to rescue RusAl. ©Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin Oleg Deripaska hires team of SVR veterans to save EN+ and RusAl Influential friends trying to save Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska's empire from the clutches of the US Office of Foreign Assets Control include well-connected SVR veterans. [...]
UNITED KINGDOM 05/12/2018 London and Moscow also face off over Kiev Free Alex Younger, the head of MI6, gave a rare speech at the University of St Andrews on December 3 in [...]
QATAR TURKEY 05/12/2018 Abu Dhabi in Erdogan and Al Thani's sights A recent summit between the leaders of Turkey and Qatar brought the two regional allies closer together. [...]
RUSSIA 05/12/2018 GRU tries to turn page after Skripal affair Igor Kostyukov, who has been appointed the interim chief of the GRU in the wake of Igor Korobov's death on [...]
UNITED KINGDOM 05/12/2018 Hugh Trenchard is appointed May government advisor for Japanese financial services. ©Reuters/Pascal Rossignol Hugh Trenchard, Theresa May's new man on Japan
UNITED STATES 05/12/2018 Donald Trump places anti-Iran watchmen in Gulf embassies On December 4, CIA chief Gina Haspel's briefing to Senate leaders on the Jamal Khashoggi assassination was not the only [...]
FRANCE 05/12/2018 DGSE woos millenials with Fortnite hack The DT, the technical department of the DGSE, will launch a number of programmes in 2019 to tackle the new [...]
FRANCE 05/12/2018 Government and Senate keep closer tabs on defence startups Senators Cedric Perrin, of the Les Republicains party, and Jean-Noel Guerini, of the Socialist Party, will conduct a report next [...]
FRANCE 05/12/2018 Paris plays catch-up with allies, prepares new legislation on intelligence oversight Given the trend toward shared standards in intelligence oversight among Western countries, the French government has started a consulting process ahead of planned reforms in 2020. [...]
UNITED STATES FRANCE 28/11/2018 US pilot error among possible explanations for Reaper crash in Niamey The drone of the French Air Force that crashed in mid-November was driven by a subcontractor. [...]
AFRICA CENTRAL ASIA MIDDLE EAST Ivor Ichikowitz Ivor Ichikowitz, the worldwide connections of the South African arms magnate Free
EUROPE MIDDLE EAST The Fustok brothers, guardians of the financial secrets of King Abdullah The Fustok brothers, guardians of the financial secrets of King Abdullah
ISRAEL 05/12/2018 IAI drones will take to Vietnam's skies According to our sources, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will deliver three Heron 1 drones and a control station to the [...]
UNITED STATES 05/12/2018 Glencore woos TD Intl. executive to beef up compliance Cloe Bilodeau has been hired away from TD International by the commodities trader Glencore. Bilodeau, who headed due diligence at [...]
FRANCE QATAR 05/12/2018 Former Arquus chief joins Barzan After retiring as chairman of the armoured vehicle maker Arquus, formerly Renault Trucks (RTD), Stefano Chmielewski has recently resurfaced in [...]
QATAR ISRAEL 21/11/2018 Philippe Solomon pitches Israel and Africa know-how to Doha According to our sources, the Franco-Israeli businessman Phillippe Hababou Solomon recently had contact with Qatar. Solomon, who is in touch [...]
FRANCE INDIA Ambani is the key intermediary for the French military-industrial complex in India. ©Bloomberg Business moghul Ambani is key partner for defence contracts between France and India
UNITED STATES Peter Thiel has become Trump's principal technology adviser. ©Bloomberg Thiel is Trump's intelligence guru
FRANCE Chief executive Tom Enders. ©2016 Bloomberg Finance LP Tom Enders drags Airbus Group into anti-corruption maelstrom
FRANCE 05/12/2018 Thales buffeted by anti-corruption storm After Airbus, the French defence electronics company is now caught up in an anti-corruption audit. [...]
SINGAPORE ISRAEL 21/11/2018 Israel's SIGINT specialist NSO struggles in the Lion City The Israeli strategic offensive interceptions leader has suffered a major setback in Singapore, a traditional haven for the Israeli cyber sector. [...]
FRANCE 21/11/2018 D214, Macron's diplomatic secret weapon The Elysee Palace has established a task force made up of diplomats, military and intelligence experts to ponder the most urgent international issues. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 07/11/2018 Arms sales: first fallout over Khashoggi affair Riyadh is varying its treatment of Western countries based on their reaction to the Khashoggi affair. [...]
FRANCE 24/10/2018 Florence Parly's space defence strategy in the works French armed forces minister Florence Parly's space defence strategy is due to be unveiled before the end of the year. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 05/12/2018 Zagzoug -The Capital Partnership duo close to Salman clan The London-based private equity firm The Capital Partnership has lots of ties with Riyadh. [...]
SAUDI ARABIA 29/11/2018 Prince Sultan bin Salman is the chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism & National Heritage. Sultan bin Salman makes tourism comeback
RUSSIA 21/11/2018 Analitpribor, supplier of FSB special equipment Active in the former Soviet Union markets, Analitpribor, a company that is part owned by the FSB, is a preferred supplier of materiel for the special services. [...]
FRANCE 05/12/2018 TOXIC detects classified document leaks The DGA has developed a miniature tool that can automatically detect when classified documents are being leaked from computer networks. [...]
FRANCE 27/11/2018 Odo software prototype provides solution to sophisticated cyber-spying French researchers are poised to make code obfuscation technology, which provides protection against sophisticated computer attacks, available to all. [...]
CHINA 21/11/2018 TopSec, Silk Road nations' cyber-guard A discreet player in the cyber-offence industry, the Chinese company TopSec is aiming to provide security services to Beijing's partners in the ambitious One Belt, One Road 21st century Silk Road project. [...]
FRANCE ARGENTINA Corporate Intelligence 05/12/2018 Francefi plays role in Paris-Buenos Aires defence deal The strategic consulting firm Francefi has been assisting France's Naval [...]
UNITED KINGDOM Corporate Intelligence 05/12/2018 Stowell at Hakluyt annual forum Holdingham Group, the parent company of the corporate intelligence firm [...]
UNITED STATES Corporate Intelligence 05/12/2018 South Sudan attracts armed guards The small world of armed security has its eye on [...]
UNITED KINGDOM Corporate Intelligence 05/12/2018 Chris Moses promoted at Blackstone Consultancy Christopher Moses has been promoted to director of intelligence and [...]
SOUTH AFRICA Corporate Intelligence 05/12/2018 Former British paratrooper Barry joins The Advisory Group Simon Barry, a former manager at the Iraqi private security [...]
