The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
17 Arm, Felton, ADIT, ENRC

Spotlight | Kazakhstan, United Kingdom, United States
Ron Wahid falls back on Kazakh networks as UK tax office starts hunt

The founder of RJI Capital and Arcanum Global Intelligence has been gradually withdrawing from the London affairs of his advisory and intelligence firms, but not so of his companies with assets in Kazakhstan. Those entities have been calling on their lobbyist networks in Washington.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Idesus, Fitzroy Tavern, BGR and Governances

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 London, Washington, Paris and Tashkent.

LondonNetworking session for London's corporate intelligence elite.

ParisGovernances still rolling in CAC 40 anti-corruption experts.

Washington/TashkentBGR continues Central Asian momentum.

London/ParisNewbie Idesus sets foot in Paris with Africa in sight.

France
French company EPEE considers handing over to ADIT

The partial sale of the veteran business diplomacy and security group EPEE, led by Jacques Hogard, is being watched closely from all sides. EPEE handles security for the Nigerien uranium mine Arlit strategic to the French state.

United Kingdom
17 Arm continues litigation funding path without Lord St John of Bletso

Since entering the world of mining and oil, Anthony St John, Baron St John of Bletso, has moved on from his time with 17 Arm Recovery, the low-profile UAE-based intelligence firm run by Russian aficionado Patrick Meade, Earl of Clanwilliam.

Spotlight | United Kingdom
New round between Gerrard and Azima in London court

London is quickly becoming the capital of leaked data cases. In addition to ENRC's case against lawyer Neil Gerrard, broker Farhad Azima launched fresh accusations this month against Ras Al Kaimah, which it is suing for data theft.

United Kingdom
Investigator Cameron Findlay stirs Dechert and Gerrard's wrath in ENRC trial

ENRC's court case against its former lawyers and the Serious Fraud Office got underway last week, putting the spotlight back on an array of consultants who have worked for the parties over the course of their 10-year battle.

United Kingdom, United States
New PR push ahead of court battle between Neil Gerrard, ENRC and their investigators

Ahead of the court hearing into his dispute with Kazakh conglomerate ENRC, a new PR campaign has been unleashed, helped by a well-established investigator.

United Kingdom
Arcanum ploughs ahead

Although the corporate intelligence firm Arcanum Global Intelligence has been [...]

Kazakhstan, United States
ENRC's Mashkevich engages DC-based Stryk

Israeli-Kazakh oligarch Alexander Machkevich, who part-owns a stake in the Kazakh stated-controlled mining conglomerate Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), has been [...]

After ERG, more Kazakh businessmen land in Katanga

Eurasian Resources Group remains a leader in the production of copper and cobalt in the DRC. But another company from Kazakhstan, interested in battery metals and linked to the financial tycoon Kenges Rakishev, was recently registered in Lubumbashi.