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French customs intelligence overhaul, Chinese academics under surveillance, Ex-NSC exec in Columbia, China's A330 in Vanuatu

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

FranceCustoms intelligence COO moves on after role axed

ChinaCCP heightens surveillance of Chinese academics abroad

United StatesBiden's deputy national security adviser joins Columbia

Vanuatu/ChinaChinese aid plane used to test Port Vila runway

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Azerbaijan, France
Paris and Baku negotiating releases despite public tensions

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev during a meeting on the sidelines of the European Political Community (EPC) summit in Bulboaca (Moldova), 1 June 2023.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev during a meeting on the sidelines of the European Political Community (EPC) summit in Bulboaca (Moldova), 1 June 2023. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

Amid ongoing diplomatic tensions between Baku and Paris, behind the scenes negotiations are underway to secure the release of a French national held by Azerbaijan. According to Intelligence Online sources, Azerbaijan wants France to return an opposition figure and an alleged former intelligence collaborator who has requested asylum.

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United States
Trump administration set to grapple with intelligence diplomacy

Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, greets Sen. Mark Warner as she arrives to testify during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, on 30 January 2025.
Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, greets Sen. Mark Warner as she arrives to testify during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, on 30 January 2025. © Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images via AFP

By codifying the practice of sharing intelligence to influence foreign governments, the outgoing administration has given Donald Trump and his intelligence chiefs a well-established tool that will also test their international credibility.

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Bangladesh, France, United Kingdom
Yunus seeks help in hunt for former government assets while in Davos

Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to the government of Bangladesh, speaking during a session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos on 22 January 2025.
Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to the government of Bangladesh, speaking during a session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos on 22 January 2025. © Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

Bangladesh's new government is still trying to track down assets belonging to former members of the Sheikh Hasina regime as part of its anti-corruption probe, and has turned to the international community for help in the hunt.

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