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More ENA graduates at the DGSE

The DGSE management is modernising, with the arrival of more civil servants from France's elite administration school.

Subscribers only 01.12.2010

Sahel hostage conundrum

Paris is struggling to fathom the internal functioning of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), to facilitate the release of the five Areva workers taken hostage in Niger.

Subscribers only Defence 01.12.2010

MPs take on confidentiality law

French MPs are calling for the right to know when civil and military contracts are guaranteed by the state. The Finance Ministry is not in favour.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 01.12.2010

No framework for private armies

While the French government considers that the Swiss-developed international code of conduct for private armies dispenses with the need for [...]

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Jacques Douffiagues

Jacques Douffiagues, who headed Sofresa, the former French defence ministry [...]

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Ali Mamlouk

Ali Mamlouk, head of Syria's General Intelligence, was in Paris [...]

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DCRI in mobile scandal

A note from Prime Minister Francois Fillon's cabinet confirms Intelligence Online's information about interception practices in France.

Free access Defence 17.11.2010

Arnault ties Hermes in knots

Bernard Arnault's surprise acquisition of a chunk of French luxury goods house Hermes has prompted a pitched battle between the LVMH mogul and the families at Hermes' helm.

Subscribers only 17.11.2010

No cover for private guards

Private security firms are champions at getting around paying social security contributions, in an arrangement that seems to suit all concerned – up to a point.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 17.11.2010

Chereau's Areva mission

Areva CEO Anne Lauvergeon has told Jean-Michel Chéreau, the nuclear group's new head of security, to carry out a top [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 17.11.2010

CEIS rare earth intermediary

Olivier Darrason 's strategic consultancy CEIS had a hand in the memorandum of understanding between Kazatomprom and Bureau de recherches [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 17.11.2010

Five candidates for ADIT

This week the final bids must be in for the acquisition of France's state-owned corporate intelligence agency ADIT.

Subscribers only 17.11.2010

Michel Pages

Michel Pages, the former technical director of the DST, and [...]

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Maurice Dufresse

Maurice Dufresse, a former DGSE officer, has sent Intelligence Online [...]

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CNES verdict in New Year

The Paris prosecutor has asked for Albert Le Goue, a [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 17.11.2010

Security directors quizzed

What is the typical profile of a security director in [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 17.11.2010

Control Risks

Control Risks accommodates Total's two permanent representatives in Iraq. The [...]

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Elections at the DGSE

Staff at the DGSE will vote for their representatives on a new committee, the agency's Comite du dialogue social, from November 8 -18.

Subscribers only 03.11.2010

French cooperation faces stiff competition

France's military cooperation is in danger of losing its influence abroad, as private operators muscle in on its activities in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Gabon.

Subscribers only 03.11.2010

Thales' towering ambitions

According to information obtained by Intelligence Online, Thales is looking to establish a foothold in Russia's air traffic control market. [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 03.11.2010

AICS consultants back in Iraq

Pascal Armand Matais' AICS Consultants was the first French security firm to operate in Iraq, back in 2003. It is now planning to open an office in the country via its subsidiary SecurexpatS.

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Yves Fromion

Yves Fromion, MP for the Cher department, has been raising [...]

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Maurice Dufresse

Maurice Dufresse, author of "Twenty-fiveyears in the secret services" (25 [...]

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Massive attack at OECD

According to our information, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and [...]

Subscribers only Defence 03.11.2010

Harfouch brothers everywhere

Brothers Walid and Omar Harfouch, close acquaintances of President Viktor [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 03.11.2010

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All articles - France

More ENA graduates at the DGSE

Sahel hostage conundrum

MPs take on confidentiality law

No framework for private armies

Jacques Douffiagues

Ali Mamlouk

DCRI in mobile scandal

Arnault ties Hermes in knots

No cover for private guards

Chereau's Areva mission

CEIS rare earth intermediary

Five candidates for ADIT

Michel Pages

Maurice Dufresse

CNES verdict in New Year

Security directors quizzed

Control Risks

Elections at the DGSE

French cooperation faces stiff competition

Thales' towering ambitions

AICS consultants back in Iraq

Yves Fromion

Maurice Dufresse

Massive attack at OECD

Harfouch brothers everywhere

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More ENA graduates at the DGSE

Sahel hostage conundrum

MPs take on confidentiality law

No framework for private armies

Jacques Douffiagues

Ali Mamlouk

DCRI in mobile scandal

Arnault ties Hermes in knots

No cover for private guards

Chereau's Areva mission

CEIS rare earth intermediary

Five candidates for ADIT

Michel Pages

Maurice Dufresse

CNES verdict in New Year

Security directors quizzed

Control Risks

Elections at the DGSE

French cooperation faces stiff competition

Thales' towering ambitions

AICS consultants back in Iraq

Yves Fromion

Maurice Dufresse

Massive attack at OECD

Harfouch brothers everywhere

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