After the influx of Israeli firms, Africa is now the target of the Chinese security sector, which is using local agents to connect with intelligence services on the continent.
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Contractors Sergey Kislyak, the former Russian ambassador to the US who [...]
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After administrative roles at the French internal and external intelligence [...]
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Afghan politician Abdullah Abdullah, who leads the High Council for [...]
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In a report that came out earlier this month on military aid to Ukraine, the US Department of Defense Inspector [...]
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Defence Although tensions have risen between Russia and Europe in the wake of the poisoning of Alexey Navalny, Paris is keen [...]
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Back-door diplomacy According to our sources, a contingent of Saudi officers went to north-eastern Syria a few weeks ago to hold talks [...]
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Defence With Huawei officially cut off from its main foreign semiconductor suppliers as of 15 September, Beijing is speeding up its [...]
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Defence Mohammed Makhlouf, the 88-year-old father of the recently excommunicated Syrian oligarch Rami Makhlouf, passed away on 12 September at Damascus' [...]
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Agencies Turbulence at the diplomatic unit of the president's office is the hot topic of conversation right now in Parisian diplomacy [...]
Amid the US' ongoing campaign against Huawei and successive retaliatory [...]
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Information wars While Belgium's State Security Service, or VSSE, is relishing being [...]
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Agencies The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) told the British parliament [...]
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Defence Alexey Krivorushko, Russia's deputy defence minister for military procurement, is [...]
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Defence Park Jie-won, the new head of South Korea's National Intelligence [...]
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Agencies Kuwait's Crown Prince Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah [...]
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Agencies David Blunkett, the former interior minister under Tony Blair, became a constant to the financial consulting firm Cobalt Elementary Holdings [...]
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Corporate Intel The small Estonian consulting firm Cyber Law International (CLI), which promotes international cyber law, has recently been working for Australia.The [...]
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Corporate Intel An investigation by the corporate intelligence firm Quaestio forms the basis of the particulars of a claim by the law firm Stokoe against well-known investigators Patrick Grayson and Stuart Page.
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Corporate Intel Accusations of sexual and racial discrimination in the forensics department led to an internal investigation in Ankura's New York office.
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Corporate Intel Officially selected by the US company Galois on September 16, the Israeli firm Qedit is to assist on a contract [...]
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Corporate Intel Retired Air Marshal Stuart Evans, who stepped down as Deputy [...]
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Corporate Intel In the middle of a major commercial offensive to sell [...]
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Corporate Intel Ed Vaizey, the former Conservative culture minister who entered the [...]
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Corporate Intel The law and private investigation firm Enyo Law has wooed [...]
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Corporate Intel The London based financial investigation firm Cristal Group International (ex-Cristal [...]
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Corporate Intel After only a year back at K2 Intelligence, investigation veteran [...]
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Corporate Intel Tengxiang Aviation, headed by Sun Xun, a former People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) pilot, has developed a logistics drone that can easily be weaponised.
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Corporate Intel At a time when the French government is looking to develop its online influence capacities, France's cyber command is developing dedicated tools with the help of the startup Sahar.
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Cybersecurity According to our sources, Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman's cyber team is poised to launch a new cyberintelligence firm, while [...]
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Corporate Intel Eversec Technology, which specialises in data mining and vulnerability detection, is training a growing number of police forces in Beijing-friendly countries.
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Corporate Intel Abu Dhabi intends to establish a permanent presence in the Southern Transitional Council-controlled island of Socotra, closely followed by Israel, which is also keen to have intelligence bases in this strategic area.
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The French military is seeking to up its game in influence operations to counter Russia and other adversaries' online moves, as well as those of allies Britain and the US.
According to our sources, several companies that work for the French intelligence community, including EarthCube and Aleph Networks, are preparing investment rounds. Both French and foreign institutional and private investors could take stakes, much to the consternation of the companies' government clients in France.
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Contractors The DGSI see the French company Saagie as a potential alternative to the US data mining outfit Palantir. But the company also interest Chinese investment
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Contractors The dubious CV claims of lobbyists operating in Germany and other parts of Europe for Gulf clients have drawn unwelcome attention to a community more used to operating behind the scenes.
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Corporate Intel Two of London's best-known private investigators are caught up in a case linked to Ras Al Khaimah and lawyer Neil Gerrard.
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Corporate Intel The founder of a startup that works for the French government will appear before magistrates on October 15 on charges of grievous violence and online hacking against a former business partner.
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Corporate Intel Long underappreciated by Universities, intelligence studies are becoming a growing focus in the academic courses. Students of intelligence are spoilt for choice in France these days thanks to a recent flurry of new master's degrees taught by senior intelligence veterans and officials.
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Agencies Last minute (14/09/20 14:45): Shortly after publication, Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj's team, urged by his Turkish backer, informed French diplomats [...]
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Back-door diplomacy Facebook has withdrawn its proposal for the Bay to Bay Express Cable System (BtoBE), according to a September 10 FCC filing. The move comes just weeks after the social media giant abandoned the Hong Kong link of another trans-Pacific submarine cable, the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN), after US agencies flagged the project for potential national security risks.
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