United Kingdom, United States
Senior staff cull announced at K2 Integrity

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
K2, Michelin and AZ Security

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

New YorkK2 acquires AI firm from Kroll-affiliated VC group

ParisEx-ANSSI official replaces former DGSE executive as Michelin's security chief

ParisAZ Security secures lucrative UAE Paris embassy contract

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
UN security contract in Afghanistan, More turmoil at K2, Vantage Intel gets a new neighbour

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

AfghanistanUN poised to renegotiate long-standing security contract

IllinoisK2 loses senior Chicago investigators

LondonVantage Intelligence and Blenheim Martlet become neighbours

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
K2, GardaWorld, General Counsel

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

LondonK2 Integrity shrinks headcount

ParisFormer DGSE officer retires from GardaWorld

LondonGlobal Counsel lobbying staff snapped up by rivals

UAE, United States
JS Held studying potential takeovers of several firms

Amid a lull in the US private investigation sector, JS Held is looking to acquire competitors at a low cost.

United Kingdom
The changing face of private intelligence, part 2: The clampdown on state clients

In light of the British government's heightened vigilance, private intelligence providers are withdrawing from the hazardous world of litigation support to former Soviet states. But the media fallout from these legal battles is still being felt today.

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.

Iraq, United States
Rebuilding Iraq's financial system, part 2: how K2 Integrity landed role at core of Iraqi central bank reforms

The US investigations firm began its work for Iraq's central bank auditing a group of poorly operating banks. By mid-2024, that role had expanded significantly, with K2 invited to strategy discussions with senior central bank officials.

Iraq, United States
Rebuilding Iraq's financial system, part 1: K2 Integrity's ability to block international dollar payments prompts interference complaints

Not yet confirmed by the Iraqi government, K2's contract with the Central Bank of Iraq includes powers to verify, and decline, dollar payment requests made through a centralised platform. The new process has seen Iraqi financiers lamenting a lack of transparency.

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.