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Government Intelligence 24/02/2021

Political role for French embassy security attaché in Beijing

According to our sources, Pierre-Henri Digeon, the former security adviser to Brice Hortefeux at the French interior ministry, was appointed [...]

International Dealmaking 24/02/2021

Drone threat clinches Saudi air defence deal for Thales

After getting nowhere for years, the French defence group has finally landed a deal with the Salman clan, thanks to Saudi Arabia's worsening security situation. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 24/02/2021

Will the private sector rescue the CIAE's psyops? Free

In charge of the French military's psyops, the Centre Interarmées des Actions sur l'Environnement (CIAE), based in Lyon, has lately [...]

Government Intelligence 24/02/2021

Bell promotes Chinese political model in Brest

Daniel Bell, dean of the School of Political Science and [...]

Corporate Intelligence 24/02/2021

François Fillon's Russian romance goes on

While he waits for his appeal to be heard later [...]

Government Intelligence 24/02/2021

UK to lead European intelligence community

In the coming days, Britain is due to take over [...]

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Government Intelligence 24/02/2021

COS v DGSE controversy aired in parliamentary hearing

At a hearing on 13 January, General Eric Vidaud, the [...]

Corporate Intelligence 24/02/2021

GEOS reassures clients after phishing attack

Christophe Dantoine, the managing director of the private security firm [...]

Corporate Intelligence 24/02/2021

Risk&Ops heads for Canada

Risk&Ops, the Toulouse, Southern France, based private security firm headed [...]

Surveillance & Interception 18/02/2021

Defence innovation agency's Sauron project irks French mini-drone players

The French defence innovation agency's Sauron project, intended to help the ministry of armed forces catch up in the field of drones, is the perfect illustration of the nagging problem of how to finance these technologies. [...]

International Dealmaking 16/02/2021

Technip's former agent in Abu Dhabi readies to recover its millions

The Federal Supreme Court of the UAE has sentenced Technip France to pay €51.5m to its former Emirati agent for unilaterally terminating their contract in 2007. Technip's UAE partner is in pursuit of its cash, just as Bpifrance plans to invest €200m in the company. [...]

International Dealmaking 16/02/2021

Magnate Bachar Kiwan goes into battle against Kuwait

Caught up in the Kuwaiti chapter of the vast 1MDB scandal, businessman Bachar Kiwan has filed for arbitration before the ICSID, hoping the anti-corruption drive of the Gulf nation's new parliament will work in his favour. [...]

International Dealmaking 16/02/2021

Government bumps EDF ahead of Petitcolin for Arabelle turbine contract

The Elysée Palace and ministry of finance have decided: the government wants EDF to take over GEAST if General Electric decides to sell. It is a tactical choice; GEAST manufactures Arabelle nuclear energy turbines and has been the object of a heated battle for months. [...]

The French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian.

Government Intelligence 15/02/2021

Le Drian to head to New Delhi in April to talk maritime and defence cooperation

The French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian plans to be in New Delhi this April at a time when France and India are looking to strengthen maritime security alliances with Australia and other countries in an effort to counter Beijing. [...]

Government Intelligence 15/02/2021

New order in internal intelligence and police cyber services

The French internal intelligence and police cyber-services are due to come under new bosses soon, as both face growing challenges. [...]

Government Intelligence 15/02/2021

French government agonises over recovered ill-gotten gains

The French government has started to recover millions of euros from foreign money-laundering convictions against the likes of Syrian businessman Rifaat Al Assad, Uzbek first daughter Gulnara Karimova, and Equatorial Guinea's Teodorín Obiang Nguema. A new development bill that will be debated by parliament this week could provide for the money to returned to the countries it was stolen from. [...]

Government Intelligence 10/02/2021

"Saruman" political Islam intelligence cell on cards

With the current vote in the French parliament on the bill against religious separatism, the French intelligence community is being [...]

Government Intelligence 10/02/2021

Future of anti-corruption agency in balance

While the National Assembly has just launched a mission to evaluate the Sapin II law, the president of the High [...]

Corporate Intelligence 10/02/2021

Sokol's small security empire threatened by Russian probe

With the French foreign ministry poised to renew the contract to protect the French embassy in Moscow, Xavier Moreau and [...]

Corporate Intelligence 10/02/2021

ADP considers its security options in Mosul

After signing a deal to reconstruct Mosul Airport with Iraq's civil aviation authority on 25 January, France's Aéroports de Paris [...]

Corporate Intelligence 10/02/2021

Bajolet thumbs nose at Lorenzi with new Amarante role

The arrival of Bernard Bajolet, the director of the DGSE, [...]

Government Intelligence 10/02/2021

Didier Vidal beefs up 5G gatekeeper

The Office of the Commissioner for Electronic Defence Communications (CCED), [...]

Government Intelligence 10/02/2021

Rwandan ex-informer to be compensated by DGSE

Unusually, the French government and the DGSE have decided not [...]

Government Intelligence 10/02/2021

COMCYBER discreetly militarises language

French cyber command, or Comcyber (Commandement de la Cyberdéfense) recently [...]

Government Intelligence 10/02/2021

Engie and Quai d'Orsay clash over Nord Stream 2

The French gas company Engie saw red when Clément Beaune, [...]

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Political role for French embassy security attaché in Beijing

Drone threat clinches Saudi air defence deal for Thales

Will the private sector rescue the CIAE's psyops? Free

Bell promotes Chinese political model in Brest

François Fillon's Russian romance goes on

UK to lead European intelligence community

COS v DGSE controversy aired in parliamentary hearing

GEOS reassures clients after phishing attack

Risk&Ops heads for Canada

Defence innovation agency's Sauron project irks French mini-drone players

Technip's former agent in Abu Dhabi readies to recover its millions

Magnate Bachar Kiwan goes into battle against Kuwait

Government bumps EDF ahead of Petitcolin for Arabelle turbine contract

Le Drian to head to New Delhi in April to talk maritime and defence cooperation

New order in internal intelligence and police cyber services

French government agonises over recovered ill-gotten gains

"Saruman" political Islam intelligence cell on cards

Future of anti-corruption agency in balance

Sokol's small security empire threatened by Russian probe

ADP considers its security options in Mosul

Bajolet thumbs nose at Lorenzi with new Amarante role

Didier Vidal beefs up 5G gatekeeper

Rwandan ex-informer to be compensated by DGSE

COMCYBER discreetly militarises language

Engie and Quai d'Orsay clash over Nord Stream 2

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