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Corporate Intelligence 16/06/2021

Franck Chauty turns to crisis management with PEARL Crisis Response

Franck Chauty, head of PEARL Crisis Response. © PEARL Crisis Response

SpotlightInternational Dealmaking 15/06/2021

Nabil el Daher's Middle East contracts come back to haunt Airbus

Government Intelligence 15/06/2021

Marc Baréty appointed French ambassador in Cairo

The former French ambassador in Baghdad and current Islamabad ambassador Marc Baréty has landed the coveted top slot at the Egyptian embassy, where he will work to cultivate Franco-Egyptian defence and security cooperation. [...]

International Dealmaking 15/06/2021

Aldini takes its battle against MBDA's takeover of chip manufacturer Dolphin to California

Swiss merchant bank Aldini has opened up a new angle of attack in its battle with European missile manufacturer MBDA over the latter's takeover of French electronic chip manufacturer Dolphin in 2018. It has discreetly lodged a discovery request before a court in California. [...]

SpotlightGovernment Intelligence 14/06/2021

After SBU inquiry Medvedchuk clan rallies support from French senators

Viktor Medvedchuk, coprésident du parti politique ukrainien Opposition Platform - For life (OPFL). © Serhii Nuzhenko/Reuters

Government Intelligence 14/06/2021

Rolland's eviction as territorial intelligence chief causes stir

Well-connected official Bertrand Chamoulaud is being tipped to replace the woman who was removed last week as the head of France's SCRT. [...]

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Government Intelligence 11/06/2021

French intelligence education "cluster" being developed in South of France

A number of intelligence education initiatives have sprung up in the South of France's Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (PACA) region, beginnings of an education cluster that will foster synergies between public research and private industry. [...]

Government Intelligence 10/06/2021

Summer shakeup underway in French special forces

With the French special forces engaged on several fronts, carrying out intelligence-gathering missions among others, several chiefs are poised to be replaced. Their commander Eric Vidau however will stay on for a third year. [...]

Government Intelligence 10/06/2021

New Caledonia inches towards centre stage of intelligence concerns

Fears over China's interest in New Caledonia has been gradually creeping into France's security apparatus. The French archipelago offers a life-size test of Paris' capacity to assert its position as a Pacific Ocean power opposite China. [...]

Spotlight Corporate Intelligence 09/06/2021

Paris operations of Bedzhamov's British friend Maxim Golodnitsky unveiled

The latest twist in the legal battle between the Russian oligarch Georgi Bedzhamov and Vneshprombank has put the spotlight on the London and Paris interests of his friend Maxim Golodnitsky and links with Swiss lawyer and consultant Judith Hamburger. [...]

Spotlight International Dealmaking 08/06/2021

Gulf drone agent Kfouri loses appeal against Airbus

A French appeals court has ruled that Airbus subsidiary Survey Copter does not owe well-connected Lebanese agent Albert Kfouri commission of 33% on deals it made in the Gulf. [...]

Surveillance & Interception 07/06/2021

Behind the scenes of Soria, Atos and Thales' stillborn military intelligence programme

The Joint Intelligence Optimization System (Soria) was intended to facilitate military intelligence sharing and analysis, including in the field. But the project entrusted to Atos and Thales has been quietly shelved. [...]

Government Intelligence 03/06/2021

Tracfin's role in combating predatory foreign investment gets it a seat on the DGSE's joint technical platform

As part of its expanded powers in line with the French government's focus on economic intelligence, Tracfin, the French financial intelligence service, has gained entry to one of French intelligence's holy of holies, the joint technical platform, or PTM. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 02/06/2021

Naval Group hires ex-trade minister as Australia submarine deal stumbles

Naval Group, which has a contract to deliver twelve submarines to Canberra, recruited Simon Crean last month. [...]

Kevin Rivaton, co-founder of Cristal Group International. © Kevin Rivaton/LinkedIn

Corporate Intelligence 02/06/2021

Haurus' darknet files used to spy on private investigator Kevin Rivaton

The Haurus affair has been in the spotlight since a link to complaints against Tariq Ramadan was revealed but there are still several grey areas, such as the identity of the ex-DGSI agent's clients, one of whom targeted private investigator Kevin Rivaton. [...]

Surveillance & Interception 01/06/2021

Intelligence big data firm Voyager Labs has designs on France

Voyager Labs is looking to develop business ties with France at a time when the French government has a number of big data projects in the works. [...]

Government Intelligence 01/06/2021

Shandong University, close to Chinese defence sector, expands reach in Britanny

The university recently participated in an environmental conference with officials from Brittany, a highly strategic military region that has seen increasing Chinese influence and drawn scrutiny from French intelligence services. [...]

Surveillance & Interception 01/06/2021

Criteo hires former CIA agent for US branch

James Shinn, a former National Intelligence Officer with the CIA and the ODNI, has joined French advertising agency's new innovation branch in Washington at a time of increasing overlap between the technical intelligence and digital marketing sectors. [...]

Spotlight Government Intelligence 31/05/2021

French anti-fake news service Honfleur sets up management team

A new French counter-disinformation service is set to be operational in September. Several obstacles, however, still remain. [...]

Surveillance & Interception 31/05/2021

France's prisons open their gates to the anti-drone brigade

The French justice ministry plans to equip the country's prisons with anti-drone protection systems. The names of its would-be suppliers is an indication of the importance of the contract with its intelligence, defence and private security implications. [...]

Government Intelligence 31/05/2021

DGSI's internal security faced with Haurus affair

The judicial investigation into the "Haurus" case, so named after the pseudonym of a DGSI officer about to go on trial for selling confidential police data on the darknet, exposes internal control flaws within France's internal intelligence service. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 26/05/2021

Alvarez & Marsal strengthens its Paris investigations team

Consulting and investigations firm Alvarez & Marsal is recruiting in France, with arbitration courts in its line of sight. [...]

The Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash. © Reuters

Corporate Intelligence 25/05/2021

Appraisers clash over Dmitry Firtash's Bordeaux chateau in London

Thrown off balance in Moscow and Washington, the Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash is also fighting Russia's VTB Bank in London over the freeze of his assets in western Europe, including a French vineyard run by his right-hand-man, Briton Robert Shetler-Jones. [...]

Government Intelligence 25/05/2021

Daughter of pro-Russian European networks old stager in line for consular role in Moscow

The renewal of French consular officers in Russia and Belarus is a game of back-scratching and jockeying for position in which some of the newcomers have familiar names. [...]

Government Intelligence 24/05/2021

Parliamentary intelligence committee to get slightly more power in new bill

Parliamentary law committee debates on France's intelligence legislation have extended the algorithm to URL adresses and given additional powers to the parliamentary intelligence committee. MPs may yet tweak the legislation on international monitoring. [...]

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Franck Chauty turns to crisis management with PEARL Crisis Response

Nabil el Daher's Middle East contracts come back to haunt Airbus

Marc Baréty appointed French ambassador in Cairo

Aldini takes its battle against MBDA's takeover of chip manufacturer Dolphin to California

After SBU inquiry Medvedchuk clan rallies support from French senators

Rolland's eviction as territorial intelligence chief causes stir

French intelligence education "cluster" being developed in South of France

Summer shakeup underway in French special forces

New Caledonia inches towards centre stage of intelligence concerns

Paris operations of Bedzhamov's British friend Maxim Golodnitsky unveiled

Gulf drone agent Kfouri loses appeal against Airbus

Behind the scenes of Soria, Atos and Thales' stillborn military intelligence programme

Tracfin's role in combating predatory foreign investment gets it a seat on the DGSE's joint technical platform

Naval Group hires ex-trade minister as Australia submarine deal stumbles

Haurus' darknet files used to spy on private investigator Kevin Rivaton

Intelligence big data firm Voyager Labs has designs on France

Shandong University, close to Chinese defence sector, expands reach in Britanny

Criteo hires former CIA agent for US branch

French anti-fake news service Honfleur sets up management team

France's prisons open their gates to the anti-drone brigade

DGSI's internal security faced with Haurus affair

Alvarez & Marsal strengthens its Paris investigations team

Appraisers clash over Dmitry Firtash's Bordeaux chateau in London

Daughter of pro-Russian European networks old stager in line for consular role in Moscow

Parliamentary intelligence committee to get slightly more power in new bill

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