Russia
Behind the scenes in Yukos battle

United Kingdom
Animus Associates tracks cosmetics exported to Russia

The director of a British distributor of beauty products has accused a colleague of continuing to export its products to Russia without his knowledge, and has hired private investigators to track his activities.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
G3, Chris Morgan Jones, Corexalys, Red Five Security, Keith Hunter, Arte

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonG3 nets record year

New York/LondonBest-selling investigator Chris Morgan Jones returns to Nardello

ParisPierre-Mayeul Badaire steps in to steer Corexalys

Washington/KyivRed Five Security, the security consultant behind a Ukrainian university course

LondonKeith Hunter adjusts Animus Associates ownership

ParisArte calls on ex-intelligence officials for new TV series

Russia
The battle over the Golubovich family's "Yukos" art collection to stay before the London courts

The Buddhist art works and Chinese antiquities - that Alexey Golubovich and Olga Mirimskaya acquired while the ex-husband was working for Russia's former Yukos oil group - are still being fought over by the Golubovich family and their London consultants.

Russia, United Kingdom
Oligarchs go-to lawyer Alastair Tulloch's good actions not wanted in Moscow

British lawyer Alastair Tulloch, a specialist in charity and legal advice to Russian citizens, has seen one of the organisations he oversees in Moscow added to the state's list of foreign agents.

China, Russia
Beijing enters Russian energy breach opened by oligarchs

After signing a prominent contract with China Huadian Corporation, the Yaroslavl energy company TGK-2 is dealing with the arrest of its boss and the fallout from battles between oligarchs in Moscow and New York.

United Kingdom
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.

United States
Vantage opens Dubai office

After New York and London, Vantage Intelligence, the corporate intelligence [...]

United States
Austin Brady joins grandfather Nicholas Brady's firm

After two years as an investigator with Vantage Intelligence, the [...]

United Kingdom
Litigation funders explore ways to secure intelligence

A sector that is enjoying a boom in the UK and is starting to take off in France, litigation funding [...]

Russia
SVR targets ex-Yukos owners

Western intelligence services are on red alert following Russian intelligence threats against the former shareholders of the dismantled gas and oil giant Yukos.

Russia
Fists To Fly in Russian Oil Fray

Gazprom and Rosneft find themselves in open conflict against a backdrop of political rivalry between their bosses, one of whom was selected as Vladimir Putin's heir apparent on Dec. 10.