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Saudi Arabia
From Riyadh to Paris, the sprawling business networks of MbS's would-be deputy crown princes

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Saudi-US Investment Forum at the King Abdul Aziz International Conference Centre in Riyadh on 13 May 2025.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Saudi-US Investment Forum at the King Abdul Aziz International Conference Centre in Riyadh on 13 May 2025. © Brendan Smialowski/AFP

The candidates for this strategic position, who are each hoping to be Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's pick, all have a foot in business. Intelligence Online takes a closer look at the extensive networks of this new generation of Saudi's ruling clan.

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France
French lawmakers pin hopes on intelligence bill after top court slaps down drug trafficking measures

The chairman of the Senate Defence Committee and member of the Parliamentary Delegation for Intelligence Cédric Perrin.
The chairman of the Senate Defence Committee and member of the Parliamentary Delegation for Intelligence Cédric Perrin. © Michaël Desprez/Photo PQR/L'Est républicain/MaxPPP

The rejection by France's constitutional court of articles in a law to combat drug trafficking has prompted senators to work on an intelligence bill that could incorporate the struck-down provisions.

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China
Secret meeting sets weakened Xi Jinping's succession in motion

Wang Yang, the influential former chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Wang Yang, the influential former chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. © Li Xueren/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Intelligence Online can confirm that President Xi Jinping convened a secret gathering of former high-ranking Politburo Standing Committee members in mid-May. In an unprecedented move, the Communist Party elders discussed the frail president's succession.

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The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Star prosecutor joins Nardello, Menas/CRI merger, Epstein investigator vs. Bank of America

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

WashingtonFormer terrorism prosecutor joins Nardello

LondonChris Robinson on familiar ground with Menas

Fort LauderdaleEpstein investigator launches class action against Bank of America over Covid loans

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