France, United States
Olivier Hassid brings K2 to Paris

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Forward Global exec leaves, Deloitte lands Riyadh contract, Cynogarde stake sold

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

ParisShort stint for Forward Global's cyber director

Saudi ArabiaDeloitte Middle East wins lucrative contract from Qatar National Bank

French GuianaFund acquires stake in security firm Cynogarde

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New 'defectors' to Secretariat, British embassy in Kuwait, Guiana Space Centre

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

SingaporeTwo more ex-FTIs join Secretariat's investigation team

KuwaitAl Mulla conglomerate secures British embassy

FranceCorporate intelligence veteran in Kourou space centre safety team

Saudi Arabia
PIF engages corporate investigators to probe misspending at Neom

A Public Investment Fund's probe completed last spring found evidence of financial trickery and over-spending at Neom. In response, the Saudi government has decided to enlist the support of outside investigators in the region. Sources close to the work say the true scale of spending on Western firms is much larger than has been reported.

United Kingdom
From K2 Integrity to Nigeria, Lebanese fraudster uses rivals' probes in legal battle

Elie Taktouk, a businessman found guilty of fraud, has used the findings of investigations previously ordered into his affairs by his former business associates to prove that he did not have the money to pay them.

Spotlight | Bahrain
Bahraini government enlists K2 Integrity on wide-ranging national oil company corruption investigation

Investigators at Jules Kroll's K2 Integrity spent a year investigating insider dealing at Bahrain's state oil group. Its findings were used last month to confirm the prosecution of a senior engineer at the group.

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FBI/CIA veterans team in Boston, CT woos AUKUS clients, K2 receives French help to launch in Riyadh

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

BostonCIA and FBI veterans team up in Massachusetts

CanberraCT Group adviser Mark Carleton-Smith woos new defence clients for AUKUS

RiyadhFrench senior civil servant helps K2 Integrity set up shop in Saudi Arabia

France
FTI's French investigations team falls apart

FTI Consulting is the latest in a string of big US and British firms to fail in the French marketplace. With the departure of its head of investigations, Stéphanie Lhomme, the Parisian consulting firm has been turned upside down.

Spotlight | Mongolia, United States
K2 Integrity steps into Mongolian anti-corruption morass

Similar to the anti-corruption cases launched by Kazakhstan against out-of-favour oligarchs, K2 Integrity is helping the Mongolian president to investigate his political rivals ahead of elections in June.

United States
K2 recreates Kroll in Chicago

Father and son Jules Kroll and Jeremy Kroll's K2 Integrity, [...]

United Kingdom
K2 lands new Tripoli contract

Fathi Bashagha, the interior minister of Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Unity (GNU), has commissioned Jules and Jeremy Kroll's corporate [...]

United Kingdom
Darren Matthews brings veteran Hassen to K2

Darren Matthews, who is busy reorganizing the Europe, Middle East and Africa's investigations & disputes practice at K2 Intelligence, has [...]

United Kingdom
K2 aims to rebound under Darren Matthews

According to our sources, Steve Holt has recently left as the head of financial and forensics investigations for Europe, Middle [...]

France
PwC develops security package

The Paris office of global accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers is preparing to launch integrated security package.