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French shipyard makes inroads in Iraqi naval industry

The small French shipyard Ocea is gaining a foothold in Iraq through British networks, just as Paris is seeking to re-enter the Iraqi defence market.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 10.03.2025

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Iraqi spymaster Qasim al-Araji in Tehran to prepare for Trump's return

Iraq's national security adviser Qasim al-Arajii (right) with Iran's deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on 10 November 2024. © Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Anadolu/AFP

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 19.11.2024

Rebuilding Iraq's financial system, part 2: how K2 Integrity landed role at core of Iraqi central bank reforms

The US investigations firm began its work for Iraq's central bank auditing a group of poorly operating banks. By mid-2024, that role had expanded significantly, with K2 invited to strategy discussions with senior central bank officials.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 11.11.2024

Rebuilding Iraq's financial system, part 1: K2 Integrity's ability to block international dollar payments prompts interference complaints

Not yet confirmed by the Iraqi government, K2's contract with the Central Bank of Iraq includes powers to verify, and decline, dollar payment requests made through a centralised platform. The new process has seen Iraqi financiers lamenting a lack of transparency.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 08.11.2024

Qaïs al-Khazali, the head of the Iraqi militia Asaïb Ahl al-Haq. © Ameer Al Mohammedaw/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

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How the Islamic Resistance in Iraq conceals rising militia tensions

Shiite Iraqi militias use the Islamic Resistance in Iraq banner to present a facade of unity claiming attacks on Israel and taking an increasingly visible role in the regional conflict. But tensions within are undermining coordinated action.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 23.10.2024

Rafidain bank sign. © Steve Whyte/Alamy Stock Photo

Iraq selects teams of ex-US Treasury Department officials to reform bank, following US pressure campaign

Chip Poncy and his ex-government colleagues in K2 Integrity's Washington office have been meeting Iraqi officials to discuss changes to the financial sector. Now they have been tasked with cleaning up Rafidain Bank, which has been at the centre of major corruption inquiries over the last year.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 21.10.2024

Lawyers for Sirwan Barzani seek private eyes to substantiate claims against Raedas Consulting

As investors Agility and Orange move to enforce billion-dollar arbitration awards against Barzani and his telecoms group, lawyers at Boies Schiller are doubling down on claims that Raedas investigators broke the law to gather evidence for the arbitration.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 10.10.2024

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Sanctioned oil trader Niels Troost sues own lawyers as former 'fake spy' business partner resurfaces in Middle East

Troost's decision to sue his former advisers at US firm BakerHostetler marks a side-story to a bitter dispute between the Dutch trader and his one-time business partner Gaurav Srivastava. The latter, outed as a CIA impersonator in US media, has apparently been prospecting for business in Iraq.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 03.10.2024

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Iraq's lawyers lobbied Washington to mediate resolution to its Turkey pipeline dispute

Partners at Cleary Gottlieb and at Vinson & Elkins, fighting aggressively on one front to enforce Iraq's ICC award against Turkey, have also been paying visits to the US State Department, which Iraq hopes might mediate a resolution to its long-running oil dispute.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 04.07.2024

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Iraq hires corporate investigators to pursue Turkish assets, despite high-level rapprochement between states

Iraq has engaged researchers to trace Turkish state-owned assets, attempting to enforce a huge Paris-seated arbitration award in its favour, even as it progresses diplomatic engagement with its northern neighbour.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 03.07.2024

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Western asset tracing experts watch geopolitical dance over Iraq's Commission of Integrity as contracts remain unsigned

After approaching European investigators last year for assistance, Iraq's main anti-corruption body went silent. The COI wants to pursue members of the previous government of Mustafa al-Kadhimi for alleged fraud, but there is mounting opposition to its strategy in western intelligence agencies.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 28.06.2024

Judge Haider Hanoun (centre) with Interpol President Ahmed Naser al-Raisi (right) at Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France, in April 2024.

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British firm awaits asset tracing contract with Iraqi Integrity Commission

The Iraqi authorities are starting to recruit Western investigation companies to track down assets held by members of the previous government.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 21.05.2024

French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and then Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Baghdad, Iraq, August 2021.

Iraqi Islamic bank seeks US correspondent account after compliance overhaul

The International Islamic Bank received help from Forensic Risk Alliance after it was cut off from dollar transactions last year.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 14.05.2024

Iraqi PM seeking gentlemen's agreement with Washington

The next parliamentary elections, scheduled for 2025, are already being prepared. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is counting on a pro-Iranian Shiite militia to keep his opponents from power, under Washington's discreet and benevolent eye.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 08.05.2024

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani with US President Joe Biden at the White House on 15 April.

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From the Vatican to Paris, pro-Iranian Shiite militias moving into Iraqi embassies

Iraq's next permanent representative to UNESCO is also a discreet member of an Iraqi Shiite militia favoured by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Intelligence Online can reveal. Baghdad's diplomatic network increasingly includes representatives from some of the most strident Shiite militias.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 07.05.2024

A supporter of Iran-backed Shiite militia Asaib Ahl al-Haq or 'League of the Righteous' waving its flag in Baghdad, Iraq, 14 July 2023.

French defence manufacturers in Iraq predicament

France's defence industry was keen to make its mark at the latest Iraqi defence trade fair, but there were many key players who were not invited so that those attending could appear united.

Subscribers only International Dealmaking 06.05.2024

The 2024 International Defence Exhibition Iraq (IQDEX) in Baghdad, 21 April 2024.

Strategic communication veterans behind lawsuit targeting Kurdish leaders for embezzlement and murder

Kidnapping, extortion, extra-judicial executions: there's hardly a crime that doesn't feature in the lawsuit filed in Washington against Iraqi Kurdistan's ruling Barzani family. A small group of consultants are working hard to ensure the complaint makes a splash.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 23.04.2024

Sirwan Barzani near Mosul, Iraq, on 14 August, 2016.

Inside the UN investigation of Islamic State crimes closing at Baghdad's request

Intelligence Online has obtained the latest bitter report from the team set up by the UN to investigate the Islamic State in Iraq. Several ongoing investigations, such as the organisation's sources of funding, are to be halted without conclusion.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 25.03.2024

Christian Ritscher, head of the UN fact-finding mission into crimes committed in Iraq by the Islamic State.

Ex-diplomat André Parant to lead ADIT reconstruction drive in Ukraine

ADIT, the corporate intelligence and security group headed by Philipe Caduc, has tasked recently retired diplomat André Parant with setting up its new reconstruction support centre in Ukraine.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 29.01.2024

André Parant, in Djerba, 19 November 2022.

The 66 terabytes of documents on ISIS driving a wedge between UN and Baghdad

The Iraqi government and the United Nations investigations mission in the country, which will end this year, do not see eye to eye on who owns the thousands of pieces of evidence gathered on the Islamic State fighters.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 22.01.2024

Christian Ritscher, UNITAD head, in Baghdad on 14 November 2022.

Amarante's revenues top record €60m

French corporate intelligence and private security company Amarante International is counting on contracts in Saudi Arabia and Iraq to consolidate its position as an emerging market leader in Europe.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 16.01.2024

International lawfare: London and Washington try to save UN Daesh investigation team

UNITAD, the United Nations team investigating crimes committed by Daesh, is to have its fate decided in 2024. Iraq has confirmed that it wants the team wound up but, behind the scenes, other parties are keen to see it continued.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 27.12.2023

The German prosecutor and head of the UNITAD mission, Christian Ritscher.

International lawfare: clock ticking for UN team investigating IS crimes in Iraq

The UN secretary-general is shortly due to give his recommendations on the work of the agency investigating Islamic State crimes in Iraq. Its work has been beset by legal difficulties, and the mission's leader is under fire from all sides.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 19.12.2023

Christian Ritscher, the head of the United Nations mission investigating crimes committed by the Islamic State in Iraq (UNITAD).

Iraq-Kuwait border dispute threatens Macron's Baghdad III summit

The Iraq-Kuwait maritime dispute over the Khor Abdullah waterway could see Gulf states boycott the third Baghdad Conference that French President Emmanuel Macron is hoping to use as his diplomatic flagship in the region.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 31.10.2023

The Baghdad II Conference was held in Jordan on 20 December 2022.

Lebanese entrepreneur Ziad Monla vies to fill Iraqi defence's critical communications needs

A push among Middle Eastern defence ministries to have their own critical communications networks has caught the attention of entrepreneurs keen to place their own partners. One such hopeful is Ziad Monla, one of Lebanon's most connected integrators with a business network stretching from Iraq to Nigeria.

Free access International Dealmaking 06.10.2023

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French shipyard makes inroads in Iraqi naval industry

Spotlight Iraqi spymaster Qasim al-Araji in Tehran to prepare for Trump's return

Rebuilding Iraq's financial system, part 2: how K2 Integrity landed role at core of Iraqi central bank reforms

Rebuilding Iraq's financial system, part 1: K2 Integrity's ability to block international dollar payments prompts interference complaints

Spotlight How the Islamic Resistance in Iraq conceals rising militia tensions

Iraq selects teams of ex-US Treasury Department officials to reform bank, following US pressure campaign

Lawyers for Sirwan Barzani seek private eyes to substantiate claims against Raedas Consulting

Spotlight Sanctioned oil trader Niels Troost sues own lawyers as former 'fake spy' business partner resurfaces in Middle East

Iraq's lawyers lobbied Washington to mediate resolution to its Turkey pipeline dispute

Spotlight Iraq hires corporate investigators to pursue Turkish assets, despite high-level rapprochement between states

Spotlight Western asset tracing experts watch geopolitical dance over Iraq's Commission of Integrity as contracts remain unsigned

Spotlight British firm awaits asset tracing contract with Iraqi Integrity Commission

Iraqi Islamic bank seeks US correspondent account after compliance overhaul

Iraqi PM seeking gentlemen's agreement with Washington

Spotlight From the Vatican to Paris, pro-Iranian Shiite militias moving into Iraqi embassies

French defence manufacturers in Iraq predicament

Strategic communication veterans behind lawsuit targeting Kurdish leaders for embezzlement and murder

Inside the UN investigation of Islamic State crimes closing at Baghdad's request

Ex-diplomat André Parant to lead ADIT reconstruction drive in Ukraine

The 66 terabytes of documents on ISIS driving a wedge between UN and Baghdad

Amarante's revenues top record €60m

International lawfare: London and Washington try to save UN Daesh investigation team

International lawfare: clock ticking for UN team investigating IS crimes in Iraq

Iraq-Kuwait border dispute threatens Macron's Baghdad III summit

Lebanese entrepreneur Ziad Monla vies to fill Iraqi defence's critical communications needs

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Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

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Jamming wars

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Information wars in the Caucasus

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Israeli cyber bounces back after NSO woes

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Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

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Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

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Iraqi spymaster Qasim al-Araji in Tehran to prepare for Trump's return

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How the Islamic Resistance in Iraq conceals rising militia tensions

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Sanctioned oil trader Niels Troost sues own lawyers as former 'fake spy' business partner resurfaces in Middle East

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Iraq hires corporate investigators to pursue Turkish assets, despite high-level rapprochement between states

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Western asset tracing experts watch geopolitical dance over Iraq's Commission of Integrity as contracts remain unsigned

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British firm awaits asset tracing contract with Iraqi Integrity Commission

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From the Vatican to Paris, pro-Iranian Shiite militias moving into Iraqi embassies