Burton moves to Nardello, Sene sanction confirmed, Crystal Blockchain sets up in London, Kikkar debuts in asset recovery, Avisa expands in DC

Forward Global loses well-connected Washington CEO 

The Washington head of the corporate intelligence firm Forward Global - formerly Avisa Partners - has left after four years to launch his own firm, taking key clients with him.

• LONDON/SHANGHAI - A possible Chinese PMC in London

• LONDON - James Stothard moves from asset recovery to investigation

• PARIS - Hervé Zany poaches hire from interior ministry

• CHAMONIX - Nick Day moves back to Geneva

• LONDON - Diligence veteran goes solo in business forensics

Defence minister's carrot and stick approach to retain cyber talent 

In the midst of a staffing crisis, France's intelligence and military services are considering every trick in the book to retain their much-needed and much-sought-after cyber experts.

Brussels brings in consultants to help it learn first lessons from war on Ukraine 

The European Defence agency plans to use analysis from a panel of German and French advisory and corporate intelligence companies as the basis for its 2023 defence and capacity development programme.

UK parliamentary committee pleads for greater oversight in face of Chinese threats 

China's sweeping cyber operations are putting the parliament's intelligence oversight to the test. While UK agencies have ramped up their intelligence work to counter Chinese and foreign threats, the Intelligence and Security Committee laments not having oversight over these new players.

Washington seeks coordination between State Dept- and ODNI-backed centres on foreign influence 

The State Department's Global Engagement Center and the US intelligence community's Foreign Malign Influence Center, both of which are tasked with fighting disinformation campaigns, are seeking a way to coexist.

Investigator Lindsey Diggins changes firms but stays in the "Londongrad" business 

Diggins, who was head of research and analysis at Keith Hunter's Animus Associates now works for Blue Square Global, a smaller investigation company, which is also active in Russian affairs.

Ex-intelligence officers infiltrate soldiers' opinion page  Free

While the open letter by former French soldiers warning of "civil war" in France prompted a reaction from the ministry of armed forces and the chief of army staff, the country's intelligence services have yet to respond despite several former DGSE, DRM and ex-DRSD agents being among the signatories.

Forward Risk joins opposition research firms in election fray 

The Washington-based corporate intelligence firm Forward Risk is getting into opposition research, or ‘oppo'. The company, which was founded last [...]