Ukraine's asset recovery agency, another of the country's anti-corruption tools, is following Kyiv's good governance path and focussing its efforts on managing assets seized from sanctioned individuals.
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Agencies The Chinese Communist Party has approved a new regulation to assess the political loyalty of civil servants, military command and directors of state companies in the space of a few weeks. The aim is to weed out any underperformers or potential disloyalty as soon as possible.
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Agencies Anant Bindal, the Indian former CEO of cyber-intelligence firm Shoghi, which won a huge contract with RAW, wants to move into the Far East after founding Stratign in the United Arab Emirates.
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Cybersecurity In a blow to Nardello & Co, Martin Stone has left the firm's London office to join Rana Feghali at Zenobia Intelligence.
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Corporate Intel While French arms shipments to Ukraine continue, Paris and its allies are already trying to prepare for what comes afterwards: the reconstruction of the country. Business delegations are starting to organise themselves in Kyiv to get ahead of the Chinese offers.
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Corporate Intel The explanatory annexes of France's 2023 budget bill, published on 4 October, shed light on the financial requirements of the French intelligence services, split between major construction projects and needs for mass data processing tools.
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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who was appointed prime minister in September, has made another step towards the title of king. He is meanwhile ushering his young guard into the bastions of power - except for the intelligence service, which remains untouched.
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