Europe
Belstone Dart protects European diplomats in Mogadishu

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Waters exits JS Held, Spottiswoode off to Alaco, Wallbrook grows, EEAS relaunches EUCAP

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

London JS Held lets Waters go

London Spottiswoode swaps FTI for Alaco

Dubai Wallbrook beefs up its office

Brussels EEAS relaunches EUCAP contract

Israel, UAE, United States
Israeli warzone consultant takes on peers over US Somalia contract

A lawsuit by Israeli warzone logistics consultant Roy Shaposhnik over one of the US State Department's biggest security contracts is dragging in the sector's biggest players in the Gulf of Aden.

Europe
Belstone Dart's Somalian private security contract renewal upsets rivals

Belstone Dart International has been awarded the contract to protect EUCAP Somalia, according to our sources, in a deal that has caused much upset among other private security firms.

United Kingdom
Tillingbourne plays central K&R role in Mogadishu

Somalia kidnap and ransom resolution specialist John Steed, head of the NGO Hostage Support Partnership, had a hand in the [...]

Spotlight | Europe
Mediterranean a new nest for (private) spies

The long-standing base of any number of government intelligence agencies operating in the Middle East, the island is now becoming a thriving hub for private firms in the business.

Europe
Shortlist for EU security contract in Somalia

According to our sources, the European External Action Service (EEAS) has drawn up the list of companies that pre-qualify to [...]

Europe
Mother of all battles starts for Kabul security contract

After months of keeping everybody on tenterhooks, the European External Action Service (EEAS) is about to put a contract to [...]

Iraq, United Kingdom
Kar Group finances Kurd-British relations

Kurdish conglomerate Kar Group was closely involved in organizing and financing a group of British MPs’ visit to Erbil on [...]

Private security heavyweights vie for EUCAP contract

American, British and French firms are battling it out to win the EU call for tenders to train the police. It is one of Somalia's largest private security contracts.

Physical Risk shakes up private security scene in Mogadishu

Active until now in Somaliland and Puntland, Physical Risk Solutions can henceforward bid for contracts in the rest of Somalia.

Janus takes arms against Covid-19 on behalf of US ambassador Yamamoto

Janus Global Operations, which provides security to the US embassy in Mogadishu, is breaking in to the Covid-19 prevention business.

After airports, Mike Douglas touches down in mining

After making waves in Somalia's business circles when he became operator of the Mogadishu airport via his Dubai-based group SKA [...]