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    The Agencies' Gazette
    Tracfin seeks deputy, CISA cyber experts quit, French intel's paranormal activities, China's fear of invisible threats

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

    FranceTracfin seeks second in command

    USCISA's exodus of cyber specialists persists

    FranceA Corsican civil servant with a penchant for paranormal

    ChinaBeijing calls for extreme caution in face of invisible threats
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    Syria
    Tracking down Assad clan assets: Al-Sharaa presidency develops its own approach

    Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Shaara, at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, on 3 July 2025.
    Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Shaara, at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, on 3 July 2025. © Mohammed al-Rifai/EPA/MaxPPP

    Western lawyers and private spies are on the prowl for potential contracts from the Syrian transitional authorities to track down the assets of Bashar al-Assad's former regime. But for now, President al-Sharaa's teams are opting for a more lucrative and covert modus operandi.

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    China
    China building 'iron embassies' for staff who will be more front-line soldiers than traditional diplomats

    A graduation ceremony at the People's Public Security University of China, Beijing, 27 June 2025. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now recruiting graduates from this institution.
    A graduation ceremony at the People's Public Security University of China, Beijing, 27 June 2025. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now recruiting graduates from this institution. © Cai Yang/Xinhua/AFP

    The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now routinely recruiting graduates from universities under the Ministry of Public Security as part of its plan to create a brand new type of ‘foreign affairs police'.

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