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Corporate Intelligence 18/01/2022

Crypto giant Binance weaves web of networks to bounce back in Paris and Europe 

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges Binance, is preparing to launch in France, from where he hopes to make inroads into the rest of Europe. The Chinese entrepreneur was given a royal welcome by French junior minister Cédric O in Paris in November. [...]
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, speaks at the Delta Summit, Malta's official Blockchain and Digital Innovation event promoting cryptocurrency, in St Julian's, Malta October 4, 2018.
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, speaks at the Delta Summit, Malta's official Blockchain and Digital Innovation event promoting cryptocurrency, in St Julian's, Malta October 4, 2018. © Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
International Dealmaking 18/01/2022

Tassos Rozolis bigs up foreign defence industry in Greece 

The head of the Greek arms manufacturers' association (SEKPY), Tassos Rozolis, is pushing the government for greater involvement of foreign groups in Athens' defence programmes, especially if they involve his own group Akmon. [...]

Gican vice president Louis Le Pivain with Anastasios Rozolis, president of Sekpy, at the signing of a partnership agreement in Athens on 13 February 2020.
Gican vice president Louis Le Pivain with Anastasios Rozolis, president of Sekpy, at the signing of a partnership agreement in Athens on 13 February 2020. © GICAN @Gican_InduNav
Government Intelligence 14/01/2022

French senate concerned about its potential NATO candidate's Russian friends 

France is still struggling to find its footing within NATO, which has been pushed back into the limelight since the renewed tensions between Ukraine and Russia. In addition, the French senate is wary of the connections one of its potential candidates to NATO, Senator Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam, has in Moscow. [...]
French senator Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam, the vice-president of NATO-PA, with Prince Joachim Murat (right) in Paris, France in July 2021.
French senator Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam, the vice-president of NATO-PA, with Prince Joachim Murat (right) in Paris, France in July 2021. © Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam/Twitter
Corporate Intelligence 11/01/2022

François Fillon rubs shoulders with counter-espionage veterans in Moscow 

The appointment of the former French PM to the board of a second Russian company will enable him to expand his contact network in Moscow. Already close to the entourages of the oligarchs Gennady Timchenko and Leonid Mikhelson, who are Kremlin loyalists, he will now find himself mixing with intelligence service veterans with important corporate positions. [...]
Former French Prime Minister François Fillon.
Former French Prime Minister François Fillon. © Aurelien Morissard/IP3 Press/MaxPPP
SpotlightGovernment Intelligence 10/01/2022

French presidency's intelligence coordinator given authority over ministries 

France's national intelligence and counter-terrorism coordinator, who has long had a marginal role, has been given a position of new authority in the intelligence community. The holder of the post, former junior interior minister Laurent Nunez, recently won a ruling from prime minister Jean Castex which gives him authority over ministries previously used to acting independently on intelligence questions. [...]
France's national intelligence and counter-terrorism coordinator (CNRLT), Laurent Nunez.
France's national intelligence and counter-terrorism coordinator (CNRLT), Laurent Nunez. © Philippe de Poulpiquet/Photo PQR/Le Parisien/MaxPPP
Surveillance & Interception 06/01/2022

Private sector operators take up position in greenhouse gas satellite surveillance 

While some companies operate their own satellites to monitor greenhouse gas emissions, the majority rely on the surveillance capacities of public sector operators, concentrating their own resources on data exploitation. Meanwhile, emissions data is attracting interest from an increasing number of private and public sector bodies. [...]
Two satellites measuring greenhouse gas emissions.
Two satellites measuring greenhouse gas emissions. © GHGSat/Twitter

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