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Belgium, Israel
Interionet adds another Israeli stamp to Belgium's I-Police programme

The Belgian law enforcement modernisation programme I-Police, led by French firm Sopra Steria, uses video data analytics developed by Israeli firm Interionet. It had already tapped into Israeli tech with tools from cyber specialists Rayzone.

Azerbaijan
Baku counts on its preferred mobile operator to control Nagorno-Karabakh's telecoms

Ilham Aliyev's government is counting on Azerbaijani mobile operator Azercell to help it establish itself permanently in Nagorno-Karabakh, where, ultimately, it aims to install a major surveillance network.

Serbia
Beijing Global Safety takes control of Serbia's emergency services thanks to Chinese and EU funding

Beijing Global Safety Technology Co, a spin-off of the Tsinghua University, which is closely involved in Chinese defence projects, has been awarded a contract to set up the single emergency number 112 in Serbia. This is despite the project's feasibility studies being financed by the European Union.

Belarus
Belarus intelligence spreads fog of war over defectors and prisoners

The Belarusian KGB and ministry of the interior have been using real and fake arrests to spread confusion as it takes a more staunchly pro-Russian line. This is accompanied by attempts to infiltrate opposition movements.

United States
Key corporate intelligence players in Russiagate affair are prospering from their notoriety

Sources say publicity brought Glenn Simpson's Fusion and Christopher Steele's Orbis more business than they lost. But they have different ways of dealing with fame.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Amarante in the south of France, Kroll waiting on money, McRoberts back to Veracity, 5 Stones expands to SIGINT

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to New York, London, Miami and Marseille.

New York Kroll waiting for Smerling fraud money

London Carla McRoberts returns

Miami 5 Stones Intelligence expands into technical intelligence

Marseille Muselier brings in Amarante

France, Saudi Arabia
French consultants steer Saudi Arabia's Scopa Industries

The Saudi Arabian defence company Scopa Industries is tapping into French expertise through offshoots of the Saint-Etienne-based company Meta Productique.