Going by cases exposed by Intelligence Online, it seems that the purges supposedly driven by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's efforts to tackle corruption are now only aimed at certain clans, mainly commercial agents close to former King Abdallah and Mohammed bin Nayef.
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Corporate Intel With political violence mounting in the US in the lead-up to the midterm elections, the US intelligence community has also been affected by the growing polarisation of US society. The government is working to eradicate a phenomenon that has harmed the efficiency and credibility of the intelligence services.
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Agencies Through skilled lobbying on several fronts, the state-owned defence conglomerate has won a round in the fight for resources and political visibility in a country fixated with the war on Ukraine.
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Corporate Intel The Dubai cyber and forensic equipment distributor has been building its base in Pakistan, where the federal police is developing a network of laboratories in need of these technologies, driven by its Western partners wanting to push ahead in the fight against terrorism.
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Cybersecurity Two former employees of Asgaard German Security Guards Consulting were recently convicted of trying to transport fighters to Yemen, while the firm's CEO has also been accused of violent far-right connections. But that hasn't stopped the company from making inroads into new, especially African, markets.
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Corporate Intel Rheinmetall and KMW's local partner, EODH president Andreas Mitsis, is hard at work in Athens to secure major land defence contracts for the two German arms manufacturers. But the country's decision-makers are lukewarm about these potential deals, which come as Greece faces budgetary constraints linked to Europe's energy crisis.
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Corporate Intel A deal is near between private security firm Gallant Knights and Kyiv, through its ministry of digital transformation. It includes possible multi-year training in commando techniques.
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Corporate Intel Li Xi has been appointed to head the Chinese Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection with the twin objectives of purging the army and the Communist Youth League.
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