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France weighs in on hybrid warfare debate in NATO

A document sent by the French prime minister's office to other NATO members highlights the role economic predation can have in hybrid warfare, and points the finger at Beijing and Moscow.

Subscribers only Information Wars 29.06.2021

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Amarante hired to secure domestic intelligence agency's new HQ as construction work begins

Alexandre Hollander's security firm is helping the DGSI oversee the construction of its new one-stop shop complex. The intelligence service has started moving a small team on site.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 25.06.2021

French army styles own counter-drone system

For want of a suitable product to buy despite a broad offer, the French army is, as we understand, developing its own system to neutralise mini-drones.

Subscribers only Cybersecurity 25.06.2021

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Ex-Mossad boss's cyber group off to difficult start in France

Former Mossad director and chairman of XM Cyber Tamir Pardo.© Ronen Zvulun/Pool/EPA/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Cybersecurity 24.06.2021

Ukrainian opposition MP Vadim Rabinovich pals up with French senators

Vadim Rabinovich, the co-chair of the pro-Russian Opposition Platform - For life.© Reuters

Subscribers only Agencies 24.06.2021

French government's anti-fake news agency hires multi-disciplinary team

The "Honfleur" anti-fake news agency, which is scheduled to begin work in September, features people from different backgrounds, a requirement designed to tackle the hybrid threat from disinformation campaigns.

Subscribers only Information Wars 23.06.2021

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UAE-Macedonian company Ecolog could soon cater to French special forces in the Sahel

Ecolog is the front-runner for a logistics contract for the NATO base being set up in Menaka, northern Mali. Now that the end of operation Barkhane has been announced, the base will be home to French-led European military task force Takuba.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 22.06.2021

DGSE and DRSD turn blind eye to French military's Antonov leasing arrangements

Ukrainian, Russian and Emirati companies continue to supply the planes that transport French troops and materiel to the Sahel and the Near East, unmonitored by French intelligence.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 22.06.2021

Nexa executives charged over Egyptian intelligence contracts

According to our information, the three top managers at French interceptions company Nexa Technologies have been charged with "complicity in the use of torture".

Free access Corporate Intel 21.06.2021

Haurus trial offers glimpse into lifestyle of DGSI's legal division

The hearings in the trial of the DGSI brigadier who sold confidential information on the darknet have shed some light on the way the agency's legal department operates.

Subscribers only Agencies 21.06.2021

Wall Street's biggest users of private investigators settle their scores in battle over Universal

The future of music industry giant Universal will be settled in Paris tomorrow by "activist" investment companies. All the protagonists, who include Daniel Loeb and Bill Ackman, are big users of private investigators for their corporate raiding operations.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 21.06.2021

Sesame IT uses its interception know-how to break into the detection probe market

Sesame IT, which has had its Jizô probes qualified by the French National Cybersecurity Agency, is set to go into competition with Gatewatcher and Thales to supply its systems to "operators of vital importance" and "operators of essential services".

Subscribers only Cybersecurity 21.06.2021

Franck Chauty turns to crisis management with PEARL Crisis Response

Former Amarante and L'Oréal crisis management specialist Franck Chauty has drawn specialists into his new venture, which aims to help companies deal with their most difficult crises.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 16.06.2021

Franck Chauty, head of PEARL Crisis Response.

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

A Paris court will begin a hearing at 2pm on 30 June into a case that has been hanging over Airbus for years. The former agent of the group's border protection arm Signalis is ready for a new round, even if that means revealing contracts made in Saudia Arabia and the rest of the region.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 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.

Subscribers only Agencies 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.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 15.06.2021

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After SBU inquiry Medvedchuk clan rallies support from French senators

As Volodymyr Zelensky urges lawmakers to pass his "anti-oligarch" law, Viktor Medvedchuk, Valdimir Putin's strongman in Ukraine, and his party are looking for allies abroad. They brought over three French senators on an all-expenses-paid trip to meet the party leader Vadim Rabinovich.

Subscribers only Agencies 14.06.2021

Viktor Medvedchuk, coprésident du parti politique ukrainien Opposition Platform - For life (OPFL).

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.

Subscribers only Agencies 14.06.2021

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.

Subscribers only Agencies 11.06.2021

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.

Subscribers only Defence 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.

Subscribers only Agencies 10.06.2021

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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.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 09.06.2021

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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.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 08.06.2021

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.

Subscribers only Contractors 07.06.2021

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.

Subscribers only Agencies 03.06.2021

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All articles - France

France weighs in on hybrid warfare debate in NATO

Spotlight
Amarante hired to secure domestic intelligence agency's new HQ as construction work begins

French army styles own counter-drone system

Spotlight
Ex-Mossad boss's cyber group off to difficult start in France

Ukrainian opposition MP Vadim Rabinovich pals up with French senators

French government's anti-fake news agency hires multi-disciplinary team

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UAE-Macedonian company Ecolog could soon cater to French special forces in the Sahel

DGSE and DRSD turn blind eye to French military's Antonov leasing arrangements

Nexa executives charged over Egyptian intelligence contracts

Haurus trial offers glimpse into lifestyle of DGSI's legal division

Wall Street's biggest users of private investigators settle their scores in battle over Universal

Sesame IT uses its interception know-how to break into the detection probe market

Franck Chauty turns to crisis management with PEARL Crisis Response

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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

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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

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Paris operations of Bedzhamov's British friend Maxim Golodnitsky unveiled

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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

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France weighs in on hybrid warfare debate in NATO

Spotlight Amarante hired to secure domestic intelligence agency's new HQ as construction work begins

French army styles own counter-drone system

Spotlight Ex-Mossad boss's cyber group off to difficult start in France

Ukrainian opposition MP Vadim Rabinovich pals up with French senators

French government's anti-fake news agency hires multi-disciplinary team

Spotlight UAE-Macedonian company Ecolog could soon cater to French special forces in the Sahel

DGSE and DRSD turn blind eye to French military's Antonov leasing arrangements

Nexa executives charged over Egyptian intelligence contracts

Haurus trial offers glimpse into lifestyle of DGSI's legal division

Wall Street's biggest users of private investigators settle their scores in battle over Universal

Sesame IT uses its interception know-how to break into the detection probe market

Franck Chauty turns to crisis management with PEARL Crisis Response

Spotlight 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

Spotlight 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

Spotlight Paris operations of Bedzhamov's British friend Maxim Golodnitsky unveiled

Spotlight 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

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Amarante hired to secure domestic intelligence agency's new HQ as construction work begins

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Ex-Mossad boss's cyber group off to difficult start in France

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UAE-Macedonian company Ecolog could soon cater to French special forces in the Sahel

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

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After SBU inquiry Medvedchuk clan rallies support from French senators

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Paris operations of Bedzhamov's British friend Maxim Golodnitsky unveiled

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Gulf drone agent Kfouri loses appeal against Airbus