Your account has been succesfully created.

Subscribe now

Spotlight AFRICA UNITED STATES Issue dated 24/04/2013

Consultants go to war on Mount Simandou

The largely private investigation ordered by Guinean President Alpha Conde into corruption in the country's mining sector has led to a bitter stand-off between consultants working for the government and those defending the companies that are being probed. It has [...] (521 words)

This article may be accessed by subscribers and e-wallet holders (EUR 19.50)
Log in to read more

Subscribe to
Intelligence Online
or
Pay-Per-Article

E-wallet
starting from 50EUR

Subscribe or Pay-Per-Article

Discover our offers

Not reader yet?
Create an account to access our FREE SECTION

A free issue

A selection of articles

New editions' summaries

Keyword notifications to follow people or topics of interest to you

A free issue and a selection of free articles

Summaries and email notifications

On the same subject

UNITED STATES 10/03/2021

Former DoC executive to head Veracity's Washington office

Mere months after leaving the US administration as deputy assistant [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 25/03/2020

Nardello poaches Veracity executive

After serving as a pillar of the London office of [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 06/03/2019

Lisa Osofsky puts stamp on SFO

Lisa Osofsky has shaken things up at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), which she was appointed to head last September, [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 11/07/2018

Hogan-Howe prospers in private sector

Former Metropolitan Police chief Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe recently joined the strategic communications consulting firm Powerscout. Founded by former Sunday Times [...]

UNITED STATES 28/03/2018

Former FBI investigator Hilbert joins GDPR train

E.J. Hilbert, a former cyber-crime specialist at the FBI and [...]

UNITED STATES 31/01/2018

Veracity poaches Green from FTI

John Green has been appointed in January managing director of Steven Fox's corporate intelligence firm Veracity Worldwide New-York's office. Green [...]

SINGAPORE 04/10/2017

Former FTI director joins Asia Group Advisors expands

Asia Group Advisors (AGA), a consulting firm that specialises in [...]

UNITED STATES 22/03/2017

Ankura reinforces its Washington cyber-investigation department

Ankura Consulting continues its drive to gain ground in the [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 21/12/2016

BSGR draws firms into new Simandou case

Mining magnate Beny Steinmtz has fired off a fresh salvo against Rio Tinto by targeting the private investigation firms that worked for it. [...]

SWITZERLAND 12/10/2016

Kuwaiti succession: K2 v Veracity

Jules and Jeremy Kroll's business intelligence firm K2 is at the centre of a strange battle between two pretenders to the Kuwaiti throne. [...]

UNITED STATES 20/01/2016

Veracity Worldwide

Veracity Worldwide,Steven Fox' corporate intelligence firm, recently hired Canadian James [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 29/04/2015

BSGR launches attack on Veracity probe

The clash between BSGR and Veracity, a new chapter of which will play out in London on May 7, is taking a more personal turn. [...]

AFRICA UNITED STATES 09/10/2013

Shadowy battle over Guinea's iron ore mountain

With neither negotiations nor arbitration in sight, the battle between the government of Guinea and mining group BSGR is escalating into full-out war, with consultants on the front line. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 12/06/2013

FTI Consulting

FTI Consulting, the US corporate intelligence giant, negotiated a settlement [...]

INTERNATIONAL 29/05/2013

Multilateral funds for investigation

The African Development Bank is apparently ready to finance lawyers investigating for a member state. [...]

UNITED STATES FRANCE GUINEA ISRAEL 30/01/2013

Private investigators rumble in Guinea jungle

Iron-ore rich Mount Simandou, in the Guinean forest, is the theatre of a bitter stand-off that is mobilising private investigators on three continents. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 01/06/2011

Rio Tinto hires Martin

Rio Tinto, the world's fourth largest mining company with annual revenues of $60 billion, has hired Charlie Martin as head [...]

On our other sites

Africa Intelligence 12/06/2018

Mamadie Toure marked on ICSID's Conakry/BSGR conflict calendar

The lawyers of Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) have a [...]

Africa Intelligence 16/01/2018

Beny Steinmetz's former sparring mate Lord Malloch-Brown credited at Indaba

Lord Mark Malloch Brown, former British minister of state with [...]

Africa Intelligence 28/11/2017

George Soros calls BSGR's ghosts to testify

Accused by Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) of manipulating the government to strip the firm of its rights to the [...]

Africa Intelligence 06/06/2017

George Soros takes Kinshasa under his wing

After having invested in mining governance in Guinea, American billionaire George Soros, is ready to tackle another African giant in [...]

Africa Intelligence 23/04/2013

Simandou: Mysterious corruption charges

The Simandou mining project in Guinea has produced fallout in the United States. This weekend a 50-year-old French national, Frederic [...]

Africa Intelligence 12/03/2013

Saadou Nimaga

Saadou Nimaga, legal adviser to the mines ministry who chairs the technical committee and a senior government panel working with [...]

Africa Intelligence 12/02/2013

A roaring trade for legal advisers

Hardly a month passes in Conakry without a law firm being awarded a contract to advise in the review of [...]

Africa Intelligence 17/01/2013

Simandou :Conakry thinking of breaking off accord

According to government sources in Guinea, former British prime minister Tony Blair carried out an "impromptu" trip to Conakry on [...]

Africa Intelligence 03/04/2012

Defending BSGR’s interests

In early March, Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) sent all [...]

Receive free prompts for these topics

Alpha Condé
Beny Steinmetz Group Resources
DLA Piper
FBI
Frédéric Cilins
FTI Consulting
George Soros
Jonathan Cahn
Kroll
Lansana Conte
Mahmoud Thiam
Mamadie Touré
Mark Malloch Brown
Open Society Institute
Powerscourt
Quantum
Rory Godson
Scott Horton
Skadden
SNR Denton
Steven Fox
Veil Jourde
Veracity Worldwide

New: Sign up for real-time alerts and be notified of new editions!

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

By continuing your visit to this site, you accept the use of cookies allowing us to adapt and enhance your experience. Read more

Mohammed Dahlan juggles UAE role and Palestinian ambitions

Business leaders close to Bashar Al Assad eye reconstruction opportunities

Consultants go to war on Mount Simandou

This article may be accessed by subscribers and e-wallet holders (EUR 19.50) Log in to read more

Already have an account? Log in

Subscribe toIntelligence OnlineorPay-Per-Article

Subscribe or Pay-Per-Article

Not reader yet?Create an account to access our FREE SECTION

Free Articles

SS8 affirms presence in Japan as Tokyo Olympics plans ramp up

Reform bill cuts into SBU's initial mandate

Pro-Kurd lobbyists secure footing in Washington

Former DoC executive to head Veracity's Washington office

Nardello poaches Veracity executive

Lisa Osofsky puts stamp on SFO

Hogan-Howe prospers in private sector

Former FBI investigator Hilbert joins GDPR train

Veracity poaches Green from FTI

Former FTI director joins Asia Group Advisors expands

Ankura reinforces its Washington cyber-investigation department

BSGR draws firms into new Simandou case

Kuwaiti succession: K2 v Veracity

Veracity Worldwide

BSGR launches attack on Veracity probe

Shadowy battle over Guinea's iron ore mountain

FTI Consulting

Multilateral funds for investigation

Private investigators rumble in Guinea jungle

Rio Tinto hires Martin

Mamadie Toure marked on ICSID's Conakry/BSGR conflict calendar

Beny Steinmetz's former sparring mate Lord Malloch-Brown credited at Indaba

George Soros calls BSGR's ghosts to testify

George Soros takes Kinshasa under his wing

Simandou: Mysterious corruption charges

Saadou Nimaga

A roaring trade for legal advisers

Simandou :Conakry thinking of breaking off accord

Defending BSGR’s interests

Receive free prompts for these topics

First visit

Contacts

Tools

Free services

Follow us

A website produced by

Indigo Publications also publishes:

This article may be accessed by subscribers and e-wallet holders (EUR 19.50)
Log in to read more

Already have an account?
Log in

Subscribe to
Intelligence Online
or
Pay-Per-Article

Not reader yet?
Create an account to access our FREE SECTION