London searches for new security contractors to handle its operations in crisis zones

New Baghdad Airport security contractor Biznis Intel comes under fire from Iraqi MPs 

Canadian security company Biznis Intel, which was previously unknown in Iraq, has replaced Britain's G4S as the company in charge of security at the capital's airport. This change has raised questions in the Green Zone, however, as the Shiite militias opposed to G4S regain influence.

Ark Group wins British contract to support Lebanese Armed Forces 

Ark Group is taking over the Lebanese Armed Forces National Security Assistance Programme, run for the past ten years by The Risk Advisory Group, amid growing insecurity in the country.

France, UK, muscle into Seoul's Indo-Pacific plans 

Since South Korea began openly discussing its position in the debate over the Indo-Pacific region's political and strategic architecture, delegations of French and British officials have been pouring into the country in an attempt to wield influence.

• LONDON - PGI loses its cyber chief.

• SINGAPORE, LONDON - The Risk Advisory Group poaches Steven Westerveldt from Control Risks Group to run its new Singapore bureau.
  

UK-funded Pinpoint develops Ethiopian peacekeepers' intel skills 

Two years before the Tigray war began in late 2020, the UK recentred its intelligence training focus for the Ethiopian military on peacekeeping operations. Now the British firm Pinpoint will also train Tanzanian and Rwandan soldiers operating in Somalia.

Home Office picks Minerva, Torchlight and Pinpoint to give intelligence training to foreign security services 

Part of a major new UK Home Office international cooperation framework contract is devoted to training in intelligence techniques and human sources management. Specialist firms like Minerva, Pinpoint and Torchlight, all set up by former army officers, have been selected for the task.

Siren Associates, linchpin of UK's security cooperation work, lands new deal in Lebanon 

The FCDO has made public a £15m contract to Siren Associates to support Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (ISF), as the country sinks deeper into political and economic crisis. The British firm is an old hand at this kind of work.

Adam Smith International roped in to help with Peshmerga reform 

Adam Smith International has won a contract from the British foreign ministry to help the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to implement "priority reforms" mainly regarding the security forces.

After training Africa's civil servants, Crown Agents to lecture Iraqi military 

British international development company Crown Agents has been awarded a contract by the Foreign Office to train Iraqi army officers.