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The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Nardello, BPCE, Alaco, Paris forensic investigators

Appointments, financial results, new contracts, in Washington, London and Paris: each week, we recount the great and small events in the global corporate intelligence community.

WashingtonNardello loses cyber chief.

ParisBPCE strengthens security with financial intelligence specialist.

LondonAlaco expands with Liberia contract.

ParisForensic investigators network.

Ukraine allies pursue arms deliveries to the front while eyeing prize of future reconstruction

While French arms shipments to Ukraine continue, Paris and its allies are already trying to prepare for what comes afterwards: the reconstruction of the country. Business delegations are starting to organise themselves in Kyiv to get ahead of the Chinese offers.

The Agencies' Gazette
Cofrex, Viginum, Uzbek SGB, US Captagon crackdown

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris via Washington.

FranceCOFREX picks representative for its Expo 2025 Osaka presence.

FranceStéphane Bouillon discloses Viginum's annual report.

UzbekistanInternal Security Service adds another layer to border control.

WashingtonDNI to sniff out Assad-linked Captagon.

French intelligence regroups to better cover war in Ukraine

After being caught out by the start of the conflict, France's intelligence services have since restructured and are taking more decisive action on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But that has come with some serious soul-searching.

DCI aims relaunch in Riyad

French parastatal military training consultancy Défense Conseil International is looking for a new bureau chief in Saudi Arabia to boost the group, namely through special forces training.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Suppelsa at Raedas, Lord Vaizey in crypto, ESL does PR

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Istanbul, London and Paris.

Istanbul/London Raedas poaches from super lawyer Amsterdam

London Influential Lord Vaizey tries his hand at cryptocurrency

Paris ESL boss works on his image

Spotlight
Misunderstanding between Kyiv and Paris over arms deliveries grows

Intelligence Online was able to sneak into the top secret France-Ukraine armament committee that regularly discusses arms deliveries to Ukraine. Its latest meeting highlights the widening gap between the two parties.

Paris sets foot back in Wuhan, puts past behind it

With Beijing now back in favour with French diplomats and spies, Paris has taken particular care over the appointment of its new consul in Wuhan, birthplace of Covid-19 and site of the P4 high-security laboratory backed by France.

French public electricity group EDF under threat from FSB investigation in Moscow

The French utility company has so far kept quiet about its interests and intentions in Russia, but it is currently facing two potentially sensitive legal cases in Moscow, one of which is being handled by the FSB.

Obvious Technologies moves beyond Doha to Abu Dhabi

The French company founded by a former commander from the French gendarmerie's elite tactical force GIGN, Thierry Orosco, is reaching out to artificial intelligence firms SAFE, a Saudi parastatal, and Group 42, from the Emirates, with whom it already has ties.

DCI and Naval Group in trouble on Emirati corvette offsets

Emirati defence procurement authority Tawazun recently refused an offset proposal from France's Naval Group involving fellow French company Défense Conseil International. The setback could favour DCI's main rival on this market, SeaOwl Group.

Spotlight
Virtual HUMINT specialists test new avenues for their avatars

Though increasingly sought after by government intelligence services, virtual human intelligence tools have reached a developmental dead-end. Social media sites have been tracking down avatars responsible for online influence campaigns.

TotalEnergies leaves Kurdistan under pressure from Baghdad

With its major projects in Iraq on hold, TotalEnergies has been drawn into the oil row between Kurdistan and the Iraqi federal government, bowing to pressure from Baghdad to withdraw from the north of the country.

London's Aperio keeps faith in Paris opportunities

Still hoping to carve a niche for itself in the French corporate intelligence world, Aperio Intelligence has overhauled its Paris office.

After Deveryware, Chapsvision targets deal with Ockham

France's ChapsVision is continuing its shopping spree in its domestic big data marketplace. Olivier Dellenbach's group has entered talks with the telephone metadata analysis company Ockham alongside negotiations to acquire Deveryware.

Mohammed bin Zayed's sovereign fund decides to stay in London despite Macron's efforts

French president Emmanuel Macron has been trying to use his close, personal relations with Abu Dhabi's ruler, Mohammed bin Zayed, to attract the emirate's sovereign funds. Among them, Mubadala has nevertheless decided to keep its European operations centre in London.