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Europe, North America, United Kingdom, Yemen
'Darking' AIS: US and UK maritime agencies split on strategy to protect vessels in Red Sea

International maritime agencies are offering conflicting advice to vessels on AIS data manipulation, a practice usually deployed by pariah states and ships trying to evade sanctions.

France
French intelligence and drug trafficking: a patchwork of blurred powers

A French Senate report into drug trafficking points to intelligence weaknesses, including a "conspicuously absent" DGSI and police, gendarme and customs officials who disagree about the role of intelligence.

France, Japan, Philippines, United States
Race is on to provide space-based signal intelligence services in Indo-Pacific

France's Unseenlabs and US giant HawkEye 360 are prospecting Indo-Pacific states interested in keeping track of China's ghost ships under the guise of the need to combat illegal fishing.

The Agencies' Gazette
Priority on foreign interference, Malaysia-China secret maritime deal, new adviser to France's CNCTR

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

AustraliaGovernment increases spending on fight against foreign interference and financial intelligence

China/MalaysiaKuala Lumpur and Beijing's discreet South China Sea agreement

FranceEx-adviser to Macron's Renaissance party joins CNCTR commission

Saudi Arabia, Spain
MbS prepares state visit to Madrid with defence contracts in sights

The Saudi crown prince is expected in Spain before the end of the month for an official state visit that's intended to consolidate the good relations between Spain and Saudi Arabia, particularly in naval defence.