Japan, United Kingdom
G3 expands internationally thanks to new secret shareholder

Israel, Japan
Cyber expert Norihiko Ishihara links up Tokyo, New York and Tel Aviv

With his military and intelligence background, the businessman Norihiko Ishihara has been making a name for himself in Japan's cyber industry, mainly by bringing in Israeli and American expertise to the country but also by helping Japanese groups enter those markets.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Ergo, Vantage, G3, Silverbridge, Audere, Amarante, GEOS, Baubigeat Zeller

Washington
Ergo brings in a Navy SEAL

New York
Ex-Diligence directors reunite at Vantage

London
G3 adds muscle to asset-tracking team

London
Silverbridge poaches from the Met

London
Ex-Bellingcat manager Ostanin has another crack at corporate intelligence

Paris
Amarante establishes foothold in Belgian diplomacy in Africa

Paris
GEOS increases oil and gas security offering

France
Baubigeat Zeller boosts sanctions management capacity

United Kingdom
SecureValue rebuilt from former G3 team

Two investigators previously with G3 and Kinnevik, the Swedish fund that owned the corporate intelligence firm, have launched their own firm, SecureValue, working with Ken MacDonald, the veteran lawyer of human rights cases and other lengthy investigations.

United Kingdom
Door slammed on SLAPP filed against G3 by a former surveillance target

The UK courts have dismissed a complaint against investigation firm G3, putting an end to a legal vendetta launched by a rival of one of the company's customers.

United Kingdom
G3 reorganises its international offices network

The London-based Good Governance Group has made changes to its office network by moving its offices in the UK's capital and Germany, and opening a new office in Singapore.

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
Corporate intelligence firms face succession choices

Founders and managers looking to protect their corporate intelligence firms' futures essentially only have two quite different routes open to them.

United Kingdom
National Security Secretariat execs courted by private sector

The NSS, created in 2010 to liaise with the prime minister on intelligence policy, is a hotbed for those who want to work for private groups.