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The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
International SOS strikes big, Michael Oatley dies, OSINT in Beirut

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

ParisDefence ministry senior official joins International SOS

LondonPillar of London's corporate intel scene Michael Oatley dies

BeirutBritish firm trains Lebanese police in OSINT

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
BGD in Kyrgyzstan, Axis Middle East, Cicommunication and Iran, New name for the CDSE

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

WashingtonKyrgyz sovereign wealth fund looking to network with Trump administration

BeirutAxis enlists regional veteran to boost Middle East expansion

ParisCicommunication advising Iranian opposition

ParisCorporate security bosses debate and opt to rename CDSE

Beirut security firm resumes work with EU after being cleared in financial probe

The EU's diplomatic service EEAS in Beruit is once again calling on the services of Lebanese company Prosec to protect its delegation, after all charges against it were dropped in a corruption investigation.

Emmanuel Macron to travel to Beirut Friday with diplomatic adviser

The French president is due to travel to the Lebanese capital on Friday 17 January with his diplomatic adviser Emmanuel Bonne, who tendered his resignation earlier this week. Macron managed to convince the former French ambassador to Lebanon to make the trip with him.

Former CIA officer launches political podcast funded by UAE firm linked to Lebanese journalist

Larry Johnson disclosed in new FARA filings that he has been paid by a UAE company connected to the Lebanese journalist Ghina Amyouni to create a new podcast that discusses global politics.

Lebanese spymasters hard at work after Beirut-Tel Aviv ceasefire

As the truce between Israel and Hezbollah provides for the Lebanese state to regain full responsibility of its territory, Beirut wants its intelligence services at the ready. But despite support from the West, those services are structurally weakened.

Jihad El Annan Part II: The Czech Connection

In the second part of our series on the Lebanese entrepreneur, we look at how he has spun his web as far as the Czech Republic through a network of partners with strong ties to local defence circles.

Jihad El Annan, once connected to pro-Hezbollah circles, supplies Lebanese intelligence

The businessman's former ties with the Amhaz brothers, blacklisted by the US for their connections with Hezbollah, have not stopped him from expanding his defence and intelligence businesses in Lebanon.

Lebanese telecom tycoon Joe Zoghzoghi tries hand at defence

Zoghzoghi, the business partner of several European defence groups in the Middle East, wants to boost his activity in the defence sector.

Washington counts on General Joseph Aoun to maintain its local investment in Lebanon

The commander of Lebanon's armed forces Joseph Aoun has an extensive political network in the US, which has stage-managed a bid to move him from the barracks to the presidential palace.