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Lebanon, United States
Lebanon's former security chief Abbas Ibrahim falls from grace after support dwindles

The country's former powerful general security chief Abbas Ibrahim has reluctantly had to stand down in favour of Elias Baissari. The top official had hoped to be championed by his supporters from Beirut to Washington, but backing to keep him in the job turned out to be weaker than he claimed.

Canada, UAE
Canadian and Dubai rivals battle over Inkas brand name and contracts

The Canadian armoured vehicle company Inkas Group of Companies and its former partner in Dubai, which is using the Inkas Vehicles name, aired their ongoing wrangle during the recent IDEX trade fair.

Kazakhstan
Bolashak Consulting Group under scrutiny in Stati affair

In the latest episode of the long-running legal battle with the Stati clan, the discreet Bolashak Consulting Group continues to assist the Kazakh government. However, some of its supporters in the latter are losing their influence.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
GPW hires, former Marsh & McLennan exec heads to RosettiStarr, Eli Cherkasky's rise, Resheniya closes, Hakluyt poaches from Inter-Mediate

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 London, New York and Bethesda.

London Will Jenkins swaps Nardello for GPW

Bethesda RosettiStarr takes on Marsh & McLennan's security head

New York Eli Cherkasky speeds up the ladder at Exiger

London Russia specialist Resheniya closes shop

London Hakluyt takes on more former Inter-Mediate talent

Belarus, European Union
Synesis fights sanctions and informational attacks from Brussels to Warsaw

Bypol, a grouping of anti-Lukashenko law enforcement officers in exile, has intensified its attacks on social media and keeps lobbying in the EU against the Belarusian facial recognition software developer.

Israel
Cognyte and Omaha police and firefighters' pension fund fall foul of Meta's crusade

A new episode in the tumult shaking the virtual human intelligence sector has been playing out in a New York courtroom this month. The city of Omaha police and firefighters pension fund has accused Cognyte of failing to reveal its activities in the sector, which it says are behind the company's poor stock exchange performance.