FRANCE / INDIA Published on 16/08/2017 Business moghul Ambani is key partner for defence contracts between France and India
AFRICA / CENTRAL ASIA / MIDDLE EAST Published on 07/09/2016 Ivor Ichikowitz, the worldwide connections of the South African arms magnate Free
IRAN / UNITED KINGDOM Published on 17/02/2016 Norman Lamont, pillar of the British-Iranian business community
Due DiligenceFRANCERUSSIA 19/04/2018 Tanguy Darbois keeps Russian doors open for Paris Georgian-born consultant Tanguy Darbois is keeping the former Soviet zone warm for French companies, despite the ongoing international tensions. [...]
Surveillance & InterceptionFRANCE 17/04/2018 Algodone could equip MBDA's SCALP missiles with configurable microchips. ©Reuters Startup's programmable microchips may resolve ITAR export woes Algodone may be about to revolutionise military exports with technology that can restrict the use of materiel after it has been sold. [...]
SpotlightGovernment IntelligenceFRANCE 11/04/2018 Laurent Nunez, head of the DGSI, with Pierre de Bousquet of Florian, National Intelligence Coordinat ©Reuters French internal intelligence service finally launches a reform
Due DiligenceQATAR 11/04/2018 Revina, Saddiq broker future deals between Kiev and Doha Ukrainian consultant Olga Revina, in partnership with Qatari businessman Moyasser Saddiq, plans to use the Ukrainian president's recent trip to Doha to bolster business ties between the two countries. [...]
Government IntelligenceEUROPE 11/04/2018 Paris and Berlin mull barriers to Chinese economic spying The German intelligence services are increasingly active against corporate intelligence-gathering by Beijing in Europe. Paris is keen to follow suit. [...]
International DealmakingSAUDI ARABIA 11/04/2018 GAMI, SAMI: the new defence procurement decision-makers Saudi Arabia's new military procurement architecture is gradually getting established. [...]
Surveillance & InterceptionFRANCE 11/04/2018 DGSE hires Aleph-Networks to scour dark web The external intelligence agency has enlisted a private service provider to help its teams monitor the non-referenced part of the web. [...]
Government IntelligenceSWITZERLAND 11/04/2018 Paris favours Gaudin to head Swiss intelligence The Swiss confederation's intelligence service, or SRC (Service de Renseignement de la Confederation), is due to appoint its new chief [...]
UNITED STATESUNITED KINGDOM 11/04/2018 OFAC challenges British government's contradictory stance In a move that will surely have an impact on a number of figures in British politics and business, on [...]
LEBANON 11/04/2018 Tension increasing again between Tsahal and Hezbollah The Israeli air strikes on Homs in Syria on April 9 follow worsening tension between the Israeli Army and Hezbollah [...]
ISRAEL 11/04/2018 Elbit's acquisition of IMI divides defence ministry The sale of Israel Military Industries (IMI) to Elbit Systems in March has drawn strong criticism from some quarters in [...]
UNITED KINGDOM 11/04/2018 Inkster and NCC Group come to parliament's aid on Korea The House of Commons defence committee consulted experts to draft its report on the North Korean threat, published on April [...]
AFRICA CENTRAL ASIA MIDDLE EAST Ivor Ichikowitz, the worldwide connections of the South African arms magnate Free
UNITED STATES 11/04/2018 Chodiev guns -again- for lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin The bitter legal feud between International Mineral Resources (IMR), a mining company controlled by oligarch Patokh Chodiev, a Kazakh of [...]
UNITED KINGDOM 11/04/2018 Minsk interests Russophile consultants On a visit to the UK on March 27-28, Vladimir Makey, Belarus' foreign minister, did not only see his British [...]
UNITED KINGDOM 11/04/2018 Litigation funders explore ways to secure intelligence A sector that is enjoying a boom in the UK and is starting to take off in France, litigation funding [...]
UNITED STATES 11/04/2018 Ex-ODNI heavyweight pushes for "cyber Project Manhattan" Patrick Gorman, the former Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), is in [...]
FRANCE 11/04/2018 Brazzaville and Malabo revive battles for influence in Paris amid coup accusations Facing growing opposition at home, the regimes in Congo and Equatorial Guinea have accused French consultants from stirring up the unrest, a message that their lobbyists in Paris have been loudly conveying. [...]
CHINAUNITED STATESRUSSIA 28/03/2018 Oleg Deripaska, à la tête du conglomérat d'EN+. Chinese giant CEFC's woes expose Russian partners
UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 11/04/2018 Pentagon caught between Bezos, Koch brothers The Pentagon is due to finalise its tender for the contract to store and manage data in the cloud, under [...]
UNITED STATESQATAR Corporate Intelligence 28/03/2018 Lord Stevens rethinks Qatari sports ethics Lord John Stevens, the former head of the Metropolitan Police, was catapulted into the chairmanship of the ethics committee of [...]
EUROPE Surveillance & Interception 14/03/2018 Frontex looks to track renegade AIS beacons The European border protection agency is looking to acquire a data analysis tool to help it track suspect vessels. [...]
RUSSIA 04/04/2018 Natalya Kasperskaya, co-founder of Kaspersky Lab and president of InfoWatch Kremlin's friend Natalya Kasperskaya gets into data-leak prevention
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 28/03/2018 Scandinavian defence industry keeps foot in UAE with Milrem Thanks to its acquisition of the Estonian company Milrem, Finland's Patria can continue to sell materiel to the UAE and get closer to Qatar. [...]
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 21/03/2018 Billionnaire Khalifa Bin Butti Al Muhairi's big cyber-security ambitions The Al Muhairi heir is hoping to turn into a lead player in the cyber-security sector in the Gulf region with the firm Spectrami. [...]
UNITED STATESFRANCE 03/04/2018 CIS Secure Computing equips the White House with computers certified to Tempest standards. ©DR Technology breaks open the Faraday cage
FRANCE 28/03/2018 Interior ministry invests in jamming-resistant GPS tracker The French interior ministry awarded a record contract for new geolocation beacons earlier this month. [...]
FRANCEISRAEL 20/03/2018 ISE opens French doors for Israeli cybersecurity firms The French firm is spearheading the commercial offensive launched by the Israeli cyber sector in France. [...]
UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 11/04/2018 Pentagon caught between Bezos, Koch brothers Free The Pentagon is due to finalise its tender for the contract to store and manage data in the cloud, under [...]
RUSSIA Government Intelligence 11/04/2018 Patrushev invites security chiefs Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the Russia's Security Council, recently [...]
UNITED STATES Government Intelligence 11/04/2018 FBI confident in Morpho's Russian codes Showing its confidence in French technology, the FBI ordered more [...]
FRANCE Government Intelligence 11/04/2018 Parly snubs Special Forces Although she was initially tabled to attend, French armed forces [...]
RUSSIA Government Intelligence 11/04/2018 Hamas number two visits Moscow Mussa Abu Marzouk, the vice-president of the Palestinian Islamist movement [...]
FRANCE Government Intelligence 11/04/2018 Police union figure joins DGSI Celine Berthon, the head of the major police union SCPN [...]
FRANCE Government Intelligence 11/04/2018 Crayencour advises French Special Forces TV series Vincent de Crayencour, the special adviser to the French foreign [...]
SAUDI ARABIA Corporate Intelligence 11/04/2018 MbS shakes up communications contracts The army of PR people hired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) to talk up the transformation of Saudi [...]
SAUDI ARABIAFRANCE Corporate Intelligence 11/04/2018 Turbulence ahead for Thales in Riyadh French defence group Thales has been experiencing some difficulty of late in Riyadh. The arrival of former Airbus Group executive [...]
FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 11/04/2018 ODAS : Loth on the way out Bernard Loth is poised to step down as number two [...]
UNITED STATES Corporate Intelligence 11/04/2018 Greenberg joins former Exiger team After working as a consultant with Exiger Diligence, the corporate [...]
FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 11/04/2018 Geopragma draws consultants The recently-established think-tank Geopragma has attracted a number of well-known [...]
EUROPE Corporate Intelligence 11/04/2018 EIB creates private security pool The European Investment Bank (EIB) is looking to broaden its [...]
FRANCE Corporate Intelligence 11/04/2018 Nathalie de Gaulle, from Rafale to Blockchains Nathalie de Gaulle, General Charles de Gaulle's great grand-daughter (IOL [...]
FRANCE Government Intelligence 11/04/2018 CNCTR wants to control intelligence-sharing agreements There are growing calls in the French parliament and from civil society groups for stricter controls over information-sharing with foreign intelligence services. [...]
UNITED KINGDOM Corporate Intelligence 28/03/2018 Francis Maude's right-hand woman advises Arbuthnot Baroness Simone Finn, who was special adviser to former trade [...]
UNITED KINGDOM Corporate Intelligence 28/03/2018 Peter Hain advises Tamara O'Connor Lord Peter Hain, the former foreign minister under Tony Blair, [...]
UNITED STATES International Dealmaking 28/03/2018 MAG Aerospace, US special forces' ISR favourite MAG Aerospace has emerged as the US intelligence community's go-to ISR subcontractor in crisis zones. [...]
IRAQ Government Intelligence 28/03/2018 Intelligence services outmanoeuvred by jihadist groups Baghdad is so caught up in internal politics and regional in-fighting that it seems blind to the jihadist threat. [...]
SAUDI ARABIAIRAN Government Intelligence 28/03/2018 Houthi Scuds threaten to derail Muscat's negotiation efforts Although almost all of them were intercepted by Patriot missiles, Scud fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Riyadh on March 25 hurt weeks of secret peace talks in Muscat. [...]
special report FRANCE / INDIA Published on 16/08/2017 Business moghul Ambani is key partner for defence contracts between France and India
special report FRANCE Published on 28/07/2017 Tom Enders drags Airbus Group into anti-corruption maelstrom
special report ANGOLA / CONGO-B / FRANCE / MOZAMBIQUE Published on 20/06/2017 How Iskandar Safa sells his ships in Africa
Insiders AFRICA / CENTRAL ASIA / MIDDLE EAST Published on 07/09/2016 Ivor Ichikowitz, the worldwide connections of the South African arms magnate Free
Insiders IRAN / UNITED KINGDOM Published on 17/02/2016 Norman Lamont, pillar of the British-Iranian business community
Insiders SAUDI ARABIA Published on 28/10/2015 Mohamed Bin Salman, the team behind Saudi Arabia’s new strong man
Insiders EUROPE / MIDDLE EAST Published on 16/07/2014 The Fustok brothers, guardians of the financial secrets of King Abdullah