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The Agencies' Gazette
Russian ambassador to France, ex-CIA at Spy Museum, French crimorg database

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceSparse audience for Alexei Meshkov at Academy of Geopolitics

USFormer CIA official joins Spy Museum

FranceCrimorg database soon to come into force

French COMCYBER appoints new second-in-command

The French COMCYBER's Chief of Staff Colonel Valérie Morcel is shortly to be promoted second-in-command of this cyber defence unit for the armed forces made up of around 3,600 cyber warriors.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
CMA CGM poaches from DGSE, Panterra, Kikutora Special Risks

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

MarseilleCMA CGM recruits DGSE veteran

Abu DhabiPanterra engaged at Abu Dhabi Sustainability week

TokyoCyber investigator David Suzuki sets his sights on Asia

Emmanuel Macron's ex-classmates vie for strategic London embassy job

The choice of who will be France's next ambassador to London is proving to be a difficult one for President Emmanuel Macron.

Pan-African activist first to see French assets frozen under foreign interference law

Pan-African activist and professor Franklin Nyamsi has had his financial assets in France frozen for six months, making him the first person to be targeted by asset freezing measures provided for in the July 2024 French foreign interference law.

The Agencies' Gazette
US agencies hiring, Élysée Palace foreign unit changes, Vietnam PM post between two, PNAT loses in court

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

United StatesMajor agencies resume gradual recruitment

FranceGulf ambassador gears up for Élysée Palace post

VietnamPower struggle for PM position

FranceCourt overturns refusal to grant clearance to PNAT contract worker

Debate over phone hacking by DGSI raised as results disappoint

The use of phone hacking by the French DGSI domestic security agency is not as successful as hoped, giving weight to those arguing for more regulated access to encrypted communications in the fight against terrorism and organised crime.

French naturalisation refused for entrepreneur deemed too close to Hezbollah

The Nantes Administrative Court has ruled in line with the French interior ministry, confirming the refusal to grant naturalisation to a Lebanese-born CEO of a company based in France. The decision was based on his links to Hezbollah, as noted in an unsigned memo.