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International Dealmaking 20/04/2021

Top French China "fixer" Gérard Houa prepares for life without HNA

The consultant Gérard Houa, in 2019. ©JP N'Guyen/MaxPPP

Government Intelligence 20/04/2021

Auditor general picked to lead France's customs intelligence service

Florian Colas will take over from Corinne Leostrate at the head of France's Direction nationale du renseignement et des enquêtes douanières (DNRED). [...]

Government Intelligence 19/04/2021

French intelligence blindsided by Mali coup, Elysée wants answers

While the French army faces a UN probe into an airstrike that killed Malian civilians in January, Intelligence Online can reveal that France's intelligence services have been wrapped up in another Malian file for months: their failure to anticipate the coup d'état in Bamako on 18 August 2020. [...]

Government Intelligence 19/04/2021

United Front strengthens ties with France-China business associations

The Association des Commerçants pour le Développement France-Chine (ACDFC) is the latest France-China business group to attend meetings with China's United Front Work Department in recent months. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 16/04/2021

Former French generals' think-tank touts anti-NATO stance

An open letter was published in the French media repeating arguments put forward by the Kremlin to attack the "NATO 2030" reform initiative. [...]

Surveillance & Interception 15/04/2021

LumenAI, the Israeli touch to French ComCyber's factory

Lumen AI, the fourth start-up to integrate the Rennes-based Commandement de la Cyberdéfense's factory has an investor with ties to Israeli cyber sector. [...]

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Government Intelligence 12/04/2021

Western intelligence agencies take pride in LGBTQ+ inclusion

The CIA, MI6, BND, Unit 8200, DGSE and others are moving towards greater gender quality and inclusion of LGBTQ+ minorities in the workplace as they vie for new recruits. We report on this new race for inclusion among the Western world's intelligence services. [...]

Government Intelligence 12/04/2021

Pressure mounts on French journalists in Moscow

While Russia's borders remain sealed as the country continues to fight the pandemic, some French correspondents are finding it increasingly hard to work there. [...]

Government Intelligence 07/04/2021

Tracfin transforms to meet French government priorities

In the midst of structural reform (IOL 867, IOL 864), the small but strategic French financial intelligence service Tracfin is [...]

Corporate Intelligence 07/04/2021

Zelensky eyes spy satellite

According to our sources, the Ukrainian defence ministry has entered talks with the French government about procuring a military observation [...]

Government Intelligence 07/04/2021

DGSI adapts to new European intelligence landscape

The French internal intelligence service, the DGSI, is in the [...]

Government Intelligence 07/04/2021

Macron initiative under pressure from complaint against Riad Salame

After three complaints filed in London, the Swiss foundation Accountability [...]

Corporate Intelligence 07/04/2021

Thales and Airbus consultant Chunyan Li promotes book with help from Raffarin

Chunyan Li, a consultant who heads the Paris-based outfit Feida [...]

Surveillance & Interception 01/04/2021

Interior ministry finally studies risk of using Chinese DJI drones

The French interior ministry, which is preparing to renew its drone fleet with solutions from the Chinese manufacturer DJI, commissioned an audit to look into warnings it has received about the firm. [...]

Surveillance & Interception 01/04/2021

Intelligence newbies consortium, Aleia, aims for Artémis and OTDH

With its platform, offering a collection of tools developed by various start-ups, Aleia wants to be part of France's military intelligence and internal security data analysis programmes. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 31/03/2021

CEIS on the roads of territorial intelligence

The company is expanding its activities in this growing market, driven by increasing demand from mostly local, but also national authorities. [...]

Spotlight International Dealmaking 30/03/2021

Zelensky's navy on fast track to NATO-compatibility

The embryonic Ukrainian navy was not invited to participate in NATO's Sea Shield naval exercise in the Black Sea, which ended on 29 March. But, given the latest military contracts handed out by Kiev, its ships should soon be compatible with those of the alliance. [...]

Government Intelligence 29/03/2021

French military intelligence audited by former deputy director

Armed forces inspector François de Lapresle recently conducted an inspection of the DRM, the French military intelligence service he served in as deputy director from 2017 to 2019. [...]

Government Intelligence 29/03/2021

DGSE plays discreet role in other intelligence services' big data programmes Free

The DGSE is officially absent from Multi-Int data platform projects being developed by the defence and interior minstries. However, while continuing to go it alone, the external intelligence service is quietly playing a role in other services' projects. [...]

The french minister of the army Florence Parly.

Government Intelligence 24/03/2021

French defence minister and military intelligence service bid to get big data plans back on track

French military intelligence is working to kickstart the country's sovereign military big data programme Artemis. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 24/03/2021

Amarante/AESMA, CEIS/Avisa compete to supply Arab world expertise

Amarante International, the private security firm headed by Alexandre Hollander, is to focus on the Persian Gulf after obtaining a [...]

Government Intelligence 24/03/2021

French MPs seek way round restrictive EU Court of Justice interception rulings

Ideas were thrashed out in a parliamentary EU affairs committee closed hearing last week with national security adviser Laurent Nunez and anti-terrorist prosecutor Jean-François Ricard. [...]

Government Intelligence 24/03/2021

Toujouse to head military intelligence

Bertrand Toujouse, the current deputy director, will replace Jean-François Ferlet [...]

Government Intelligence 24/03/2021

United Front sets up new liaison channel in Paris

The Association des Commerçants de Jinhua en France (ACJF, or [...]

Corporate Intelligence 24/03/2021

IDS Partners tracks down fake activists

Damien Liccia and Jean-Baptiste Delhomme, the authors of the report [...]

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ALL ARTICLES - FRANCE

Top French China "fixer" Gérard Houa prepares for life without HNA

Auditor general picked to lead France's customs intelligence service

French intelligence blindsided by Mali coup, Elysée wants answers

United Front strengthens ties with France-China business associations

Former French generals' think-tank touts anti-NATO stance

LumenAI, the Israeli touch to French ComCyber's factory

Western intelligence agencies take pride in LGBTQ+ inclusion

Pressure mounts on French journalists in Moscow

Tracfin transforms to meet French government priorities

Zelensky eyes spy satellite

DGSI adapts to new European intelligence landscape

Macron initiative under pressure from complaint against Riad Salame

Thales and Airbus consultant Chunyan Li promotes book with help from Raffarin

Interior ministry finally studies risk of using Chinese DJI drones

Intelligence newbies consortium, Aleia, aims for Artémis and OTDH

CEIS on the roads of territorial intelligence

Zelensky's navy on fast track to NATO-compatibility

French military intelligence audited by former deputy director

DGSE plays discreet role in other intelligence services' big data programmes Free

French defence minister and military intelligence service bid to get big data plans back on track

Amarante/AESMA, CEIS/Avisa compete to supply Arab world expertise

French MPs seek way round restrictive EU Court of Justice interception rulings

Toujouse to head military intelligence

United Front sets up new liaison channel in Paris

IDS Partners tracks down fake activists

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