Discreet but strategic competition underway for Saudi Arabian anti-drone system
Riyadh is poised to choose from three contenders to lead a major military programme to provide Saudi Arabia with anti-drone cover. [...]
Riyadh is poised to choose from three contenders to lead a major military programme to provide Saudi Arabia with anti-drone cover. [...]
Florian Colas will take over from Corinne Leostrate at the head of France's Direction nationale du renseignement et des enquêtes douanières (DNRED). [...]
While the French army faces a UN probe into an airstrike that killed Malian civilians in January, Intelligence Online can reveal that France's intelligence services have been wrapped up in another Malian file for months: [...]
The CIA, MI6, BND, Unit 8200, DGSE and others are moving towards greater gender quality and inclusion of LGBTQ+ minorities in the workplace as they vie for new recruits. We report on this new race for inclusion among the Western world's intelligence services. [...]
While Russia's borders remain sealed as the country continues to fight the pandemic, some French correspondents are finding it increasingly hard to work there. [...]
In the midst of structural reform (IOL 867, IOL 864), the small but strategic French financial intelligence service Tracfin is [...]
In addition to the usual regional issues for discussion, such as Afghanistan and China, Sergey Lavrov's visit to New Delhi [...]
When an officer of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS), Mohammed Latin, was assassinated at his home in the Mansour [...]
A Chinese delegation made an unprecedented visit to Idlib governorate a few weeks ago to meet with Mohammed Natouf, the [...]
Switzerland's Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) ) will be invited to participate in the new China coordinating body created as part [...]
Nominated by Joe Biden at the end of March as Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), [...]
The unusually public royal tensions in Jordan have exposed the country's weaknesses, much to the concern of its allies, who count on Jordan's stability for most of their operations in the region. [...]
An influence tool and relay of Moscow's intelligence apparatus, the Rossotrudnichestvo, Moscow's cultural relations arm, is seeking new opportunities. [...]
The French internal intelligence service, the DGSI, is in the [...]
After three complaints filed in London, the Swiss foundation Accountability [...]
The UK government does not want its new Investment Security [...]
While Paris and Berlin welcomed the announced withdrawal of Syrian [...]
According to our sources, Israeli officers recently met Saddam Haftar, [...]
China's security apparatus is preparing to further crack down on [...]
The well-connected Chris Fonzone is headed back to US intelligence at a time when a rethink is underway on the legal framework for cyberspace. [...]
The focus of Hezbollah's first visit to Moscow since 2011 was to be Lebanon and Lebanese politics but the conversation quickly turned to Syria. [...]
Russia's medical research complex, bumped up to the rank of national priority since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, is now allowed to classify all of its data as strategic. [...]
Ukraine's fledgling Bureau of Economic Security was billed as a stalwart against corruption. But its launch under Washington's watchful eye has been fraught with problems. [...]
Beijing's top security diplomat Cheng Guoping, a former liaison officer for the Ministry of State Security in Moscow, is keeping a handle on potential terrorist threats along the country's border with Afghanistan. [...]
Armed forces inspector François de Lapresle recently conducted an inspection of the DRM, the French military intelligence service he served in as deputy director from 2017 to 2019. [...]
The DGSE is officially absent from Multi-Int data platform projects being developed by the defence and interior minstries. However, while continuing to go it alone, the external intelligence service is quietly playing a role in other services' projects. [...]
The recent collapse of HNA Group is a major blow to Gérard Houa, the French businessman and consultant who is reputed to have one of the best contact networks in the Chinese establishment. The problems he is currently encountering are throwing fresh light on the role he has played in the past in France and China's business dealings. [...]
Former master spy Pham Minh Chinh, who has just been appointed prime minister, has already taken decisive action to try to take back control over the country's arms imports. [...]
Unistrong, headed by Guo Xinping, is a supplier to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Ministry of Public Security, or Gonganbu. [...]
Having increased its Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capacity, the European border protection agency is now looking to build its big data platform. [...]
Concern is rising in Washington that a rapprochement between the UAE and China in strategic areas is increasingly being reflected in direct alliances with members of the UAE's ruling Al Nahyan family. [...]
The embryonic Ukrainian navy was not invited to participate in NATO's Sea Shield naval exercise in the Black Sea, which ended on 29 March. But, given the latest military contracts handed out by Kiev, its ships should soon be compatible with those of the alliance. [...]
So that it can fulfil its commitment to supply Beirut with oil to help ease the country's energy crisis, Irak has called in trader Qaiwan to set up a swap system as Kudistan crude is too high in sulphur to be used in Lebanon's power plants. [...]
Israel is counting on the EastMed pipeline to sell its natural gas to Europe and redefine its regional position but the project has been marred with technical difficulties and now its financial viability is being questioned as oil prices struggle to pick up. [...]
Called by Washington, Baghdad's decision to lift restrictions on visa deliveries should make life easier for the many contractors working in Iraq. But it could stop the US from keeping an eye on these private operators, now allowed to set up shop in Baghdad entirely on the own. [...]
Winicssec, a cybersecurity firm headed by a former Huawei employee, is working with China's Ministry of Public Security to set security standards at industrial sites. [...]
The young Saudi company, which is well-connected with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's defence structures, is handling the Riyadh' marketing of the TB-2 drone built by Baykar, which is close to the Turkish president's office. [...]
An open letter was published in the French media repeating arguments put forward by the Kremlin to attack the "NATO 2030" reform initiative. [...]
Washington's battle against the use of illicit cryptocurrencies has opened up a burgeoning new marketplace. A host of private companies have sprung up to assist the SEC, the IRS and federal agencies in fighting cryptofraud. [...]
The lastest must-have in the world of corporate intelligence is a former contributor, often a volunteer, from the British open source investigation site. [...]
Three groups composed of or advised by politicians - the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), the China Research Group (CRG) and a new British think tank, the Council on Geostrategy - are riding on the current wave of growing wariness about Beijing's ambitions. [...]
Tomer Avnon, the chief executive of the Israeli defence and intelligence company Avnon Group, and Aviad Grinfeld met several Gulf [...]
John Hardwick, the new chief executive of Barzan Aeronautical (IOL 873), toured Europe last month with the firm's counsel Christopher [...]
A major contract to build and operate a NATO compound in the Sahel is due to be awarded this month. [...]
The recently established corporate intelligence firm Prevail Intelligent Sanctuary, which organised a series of webinars on anti-corruption last month, is [...]
According to our sources, the Ukrainian defence ministry has entered talks with the French government about procuring a military observation [...]
The task force for the Council on Foreign Relations ' [...]
While President Vladimir Putin was vaccinated against Covid-19 on March [...]
Chunyan Li, a consultant who heads the Paris-based outfit Feida [...]
Although the corporate intelligence firm Arcanum Global Intelligence has been [...]
The London law firm Stokoe Partnership, which is representing Karam [...]
Father and son Jules Kroll and Jeremy Kroll's K2 Integrity, [...]
Prominent member of the Jewish Chabad community in Miami, Mordechai "Motti" Korf is also the US business associate of Igor Kolomoisky. Today, this relationship is being put to the test by PrivatBank's worldwide hunt for the Ukrainian oligarch's assets. [...]
The corporate intelligence firm that caters to London-based oligarchs, C and F Partners, has finalised a shareholding change agreed to months ago. [...]
Qatar has been using the expertise of the retired US navy vice admiral to facilitate naval purchases and cooperation with the United States. [...]
Ukraine's internal security service, the SBU, which conducted raids on 24 March as part of a months-long investigation, suspects two men, Yevgen Shevchenko and Semen Semenchenko, "created a paramilitary organisation". Shevchenko is close to anti-corruption unit and the SBU's rival, NABU. [...]
Commercialised by his company The Global Strategy Network (TGSN), the ExTrac platform also brings together researchers Charlie Winter and Abdullah Alrhmoun. [...]
The company is expanding its activities in this growing market, driven by increasing demand from mostly local, but also national authorities. [...]
Lumen AI, the fourth start-up to integrate the Rennes-based Commandement de la Cyberdéfense's factory has an investor with ties to Israeli cyber sector. [...]
Australia's offensive stance on cyber warfare has enabled it to become a leading member of the Five Eyes alliance but has also attracted interest from the United Arab Emirates. Emirati state defence group EDGE has been recruiting Australian cyber specialists in large numbers. [...]
As Washington displays an increasingly offensive cyber posture, intelligence and defence companies are stepping up to the table, among them the ambitious VOR Technology. [...]
Two years after the introduction of the Cybersecurity Act, which grants Thai intelligence agents sweeping new powers, Western cyber intelligence firms' local partners are busy but it is Israeli actors that are reaping the most rewards. [...]
The French interior ministry, which is preparing to renew its drone fleet with solutions from the Chinese manufacturer DJI, commissioned an audit to look into warnings it has received about the firm. [...]
London is ramping up its cyber rhetoric and inspiring firms like Red Maple Technologies to flock to the town that is home to Britain's fabled eavesdropping agency, the GCHQ. [...]
With its platform, offering a collection of tools developed by various start-ups, Aleia wants to be part of France's military intelligence and internal security data analysis programmes. [...]
SmartMedia Marketing, an online game content publisher, invested in the Israeli integration company Prelysis, further blurring the line between marketing and intelligence. [...]