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United States
King & Spalding welcoming foreign state clients with Gina Haspel

The law firm has taken an increased interest in foreign state affairs, particularly those of Saudi Arabia, as well as the new niche market of Chinese groups being badgered in the US by the SEC.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Othrys, Ercom, Hart Security, Risk&Co

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 and Paris.

LondonA TV producer at the helm of intelligence firm Othrys.

ParisErcom and Suneris made full Thales units with Cyril Autant appointment.

LondonHart Security to dispatch intelligence experts to UK's most at-risk embassies.

ParisRisk&Co brings ex-Amarante manager Dimitri Akarawitage to boost corporate security management line.

Europe, France
Judicial appeals pile up against police EncroChat "digital infiltration"

A number of appeals have been filed in Europe following the probe into users of the encrypted communications network. In the latest episode, France's Constitutional Council will examine the validity of evidence collected by police who infiltrated users' phones.

United Kingdom, United States
RF interception specialist Kleos follows Satellogic into the Americas

The Luxembourg-based British operator of radio frequency reconnaissance satellites, which until now had bypassed analytics platforms, has formed a partnership with the US-Argentine earth observation specialist Satellogic to combine their data into one such platform.

Ethiopia, South Sudan, United Kingdom
UK-funded Pinpoint develops Ethiopian peacekeepers' intel skills

Two years before the Tigray war began in late 2020, the UK recentred its intelligence training focus for the Ethiopian military on peacekeeping operations. Now the British firm Pinpoint will also train Tanzanian and Rwandan soldiers operating in Somalia.

United Kingdom
Elbit targets Watchkeeper drones at Gulf market

Although it is not among the other British defence firms scheduled to take part in the World Defense Show in Riyadh from 6 to 9 March, Watchkeeper drone producer U-TacS is increasingly prospecting in the Gulf, especially in Saudi Arabia.