The intelligence agency's contribution to the success of the US operation in Caracas marks a return to favour of the CIA with Donald Trump, who had been dismissive of the intelligence world during his first term.
The Washington-based institution has introduced a series of controls to combat graft. But amid heightened concerns over the movement of funds in Kyiv, member countries have hired their own auditors to support the fight for good governance.
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Corporate Intel The DGSE's cursed treasure (3/4) – A fund set up in the wake of the two world wars, to finance a government in exile if France were again occupied, eventually became a curse. This third episode looks back at how the service almost turned its war chest into an investment fund.
A Californian firm specialising in military aircraft parts, and which is a key link in the US Indo-Pacific strategy, is suing a former employee. The case has thrown strategic US commercial networks in Asia off-kilter.
Founded in 2025, the Paris-based firm specialises in video feed analysis using artificial intelligence and aims to compete with Israel's Briefcam and Canada's Avigilon. Its clients include companies from the European defence and intelligence sectors.
