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Ergo, Vantage, G3, Silverbridge, Audere, Amarante, GEOS, Baubigeat Zeller

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Washington, London and Paris.

WashingtonErgo brings in a Navy SEAL

New YorkEx-Diligence directors reunite at Vantage

LondonG3 adds muscle to asset-tracking team

LondonSilverbridge poaches from the Met

LondonEx-Bellingcat manager Ostanin has another crack at corporate intelligence

ParisAmarante establishes foothold in Belgian diplomacy in Africa

ParisGEOS increases oil and gas security offering

FranceBaubigeat Zeller boosts sanctions management capacity

Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, United States
Facing Putin, Nordic intelligence takes aim at the Arctic

For the first time, Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian intelligence chiefs will be attending an Arctic-focused forum in Helsinki this week.

Switzerland
Jihad Analytics tries to break into open source intelligence market

Swiss company Jihad Analytics, which was set up by a former employee of the French armed forces ministry, aims to keep jihadist organisations under surveillance by using the open source data they put out. It will attempt to carve out a niche for itself on a jihadism-focused open source intelligence (OSINT) market, where there is already strong competition.

Iraq
Tech4Peace, Iraq's Bellingcat

Aiming to counter disinformation in Iraq, Tech4Peace is investigating a wave of targeted assassinations of the country's intelligence officers. Its methods draw inspiration from Bellingcat.

UAE, Ukraine
Washington favourite Cyber Unit Technologies tries its luck in UAE

Cyber Unit Technologies, which has been helping the US to strengthen Ukraine's cyberdefences, is setting up shop in Dubai.

United Kingdom
Digi2al, the UK's British security forces "Bellingcat"

UK digital services provider Digi2al, whose staff includes a number of former civil servants, is taking on more strategic activities.

United Kingdom
Ignat Ostantin, Russian OSINT expert, joins Raedas

Open source investigation, very popular with NGOs and highly visible on Twitter and other social media in recent years, is now being taken up by the private investigation world.

United States
Mintz Group

Mintz Group has opened a new recruitment channel. The corporate [...]