Raedas extends its global client base through hire of star CIS lawyer

British cybertool developer Wylde launches Disruptive Industries  Free

Lee Wylde, an Intelligence Corps veteran and OSINT expert who has been involved in a number of British Army intelligence and data analysis programmes, has founded the defence startup Disruptive Industries.

FTI and Orrick roll out sanctions and export control platforms in Europe and Asia 

Branches of the Sanctions and Export Control Society are poised to spring up in European and Asian capitals under an initiative led by the law firm Orrick and the consulting and private investigation outfit FTI Consulting, which plan to team with local firms in this booming business.

Belarusian opposition's lobbying rubs European Council the wrong way 

The lawsuit between Brussels and facial recognition provider Synesis put the anti-Lukashenko organisation Bypol in the hotseat. Ex-Cop Alexander Azarov's already fragile reputation has taken yet another blow.

Russian asset recovery agency comes into the US's firing line  Free

After several months of suspense, Russia's Deposit Insurance Agency now faces the threat of action by the West against its activities as an administrator of bankrupt banks and recoverer of supposedly misappropriated assets. Its general director has been placed on the US sanctions list.

• LONDON - Raedas arrives in Washington.

• NEW YORK - With a new boss, Veracity plugs into Democrat diplomacy.

Raedas muscles up in forensics accounting 

Business intelligence group Raedas has recruited forensics veteran David Lawler to strengthen its position in the growing market for these invesitigations.

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.