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    Spotlight | Russia, Venezuela
    Moscow sends drone experts from the Rubicon special unit to Caracas

    President Nicolas Maduro at Caracas's Fuerte Tiuna military complex, where Russian drone operators from the Rubicon unit train the Venezuelan armed forces.
    President Nicolas Maduro at Caracas's Fuerte Tiuna military complex, where Russian drone operators from the Rubicon unit train the Venezuelan armed forces. © Handout Venezuelan Presidency/AFP

    Instructors from the elite unit were discreetly flown out to Venezuela in an Il-76 aircraft affiliated with the Russian armed forces. Their mission to train the local army in FPV and wire-guided drones is being closley watched by US and Ukrainian intelligence services.

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    The Agencies' Gazette
    DGSE photos, US farmland, Frontex stress test results, China's London envoy

    Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

    FranceDGSE photo album raises eyebrows at trial of service's ex-boss

    United StatesIntelligence to help stop China buying farmland

    BelgiumFrontex tougher on Brussels than Paris

    China/UKAmbassador's return highlights Taiwan urgency
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    South Korea, Thailand
    Challengers catching up with Franco-Korean partnership for Thai frigate contract

    Joint naval exercise in the South China Sea with two US ships and a Singaporean frigate associated with a Royal Thai Navy frigate, in May 2017.
    Joint naval exercise in the South China Sea with two US ships and a Singaporean frigate associated with a Royal Thai Navy frigate, in May 2017. © Deven Leigh Ellis/Planet Pix/Zuma Wire/Reuters Connect

    The Royal Thai Navy's plan to acquire a new vessel has attracted interest from numerous international groups. South Korea's Hanwha Ocean, in partnership with French companies, is currently in pole position, but the competition is getting closer than ever.

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    France, Syria
    DGSE at heart of Lafarge defence strategy in terror financing trial

    Former Lafarge CEO Bruno Lafont arrives at the Paris court on 4 November 2025, the opening day of the trial.
    Former Lafarge CEO Bruno Lafont arrives at the Paris court on 4 November 2025, the opening day of the trial. © Raphaël Lafargue/Abacapress.com/Reuters

    The trial of the French cement giant and eight of its former executives for financing terror groups in Syria resumes this week in Paris. Central to the defence is the claim that the firm's dealings with France's DGSE intelligence service explain - or justify - its behaviour.

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