Spotlight | Argentina, India, United Kingdom, United States
Hack for hire and Panama Papers: FBI bid to extradite Israeli investigator awakens Elliott's Argentine ghosts

United States
Israeli investment strategist seeks to unveil details of hack-for-hire scheme

Israeli investor Ofer Levin claims to have been hacked by Indian firm Belltrox during arbitration proceedings against an American businessman. Levin has applied to a Florida court to force the latter to provide evidence of the activities of which he claims to be a victim.

Israel, United States
Hack-for-hire broker Aviram Azari leaves prison and returns to Israel

The private eye is known to have acted as a broker between Indian hack-for-hire firms and Western clients, and notably worked on the Wirecard case. His early release comes as his former partner, Amit Forlit, fights extradition from the United Kingdom to the United States.

United States
Lobbying firm DCI Group accused by Chinese semiconductor company of running anti-China website

Yangtze Memory Technologies accuses DCI Group of running a disinformation website on behalf of one of its competitors.

Albania, Estonia, United States
Defendec racks up deals with UN, Washington, with help from an Indian ex-hacking star and others

Border surveillance systems manufacturer Defendec has won a string of contracts with international organisations in the last few years, thanks to a colourful cohort of partners ranging from an Albanian medical equipment vendor to a big name in Indian cyber-intelligence.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Amit Forlit, GardaWorld, Voluntas Advisory, Crisis24

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

London Who is paying investigator Amit Forlit's legal fees?

KyivGardaWorld protects NATO in Ukraine

CopenhagenVoluntas Advisory keeps watch for UN in Jordan and Ukraine

LondonCrisis24 picks out new operations VP

Ukraine, United States
Conservative evangelical Republicans mobilise DC lobby firms to boost Ukraine support

With the November elections and a potential Donald Trump comeback on the horizon, some GOP lobbyists are using religion to build a new campaign in aid of Kyiv.

Spotlight | United States
Legal battle draws hackers-for-hire and private investigators out of the woodwork

The US court battle between Kazakh conglomerate ENRC and lawyer Neil Gerrard is bringing elements of the hack-for-hire operation against former aviation magnate Farhad Azima out into the open. Underway behind the scenes is a Black PR campaign to discredit the body of evidence accumulated against Indian cyberspace hackers, corporate intelligence firms and Western lawyers.

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
Israeli Corporate Intelligence veteran Amit Forlit dragged into Ras al Khaimah battles

Legal efforts to corner Neil Gerrard, the arch-enemy of Kazakhstan's ENRC group, are gathering pace on three continents, increasingly exposing the activities of the intelligence firms involved and endangering the existence of Britain's Serious Fraud Office.

Argentina, United States
Argentina and Elliot head for another round

President Cristina Kirchner and the hedge funds that have gambled on her country's public debt are lining up their respective teams of private consultants ahead of a fresh battle.