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Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II. © convittonazionaleroma.edu.it

Spy Way Of Life

Government Intelligence 24/06/2022

Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, the Italian security establishment's favourite school

Surveillance & Interception 23/06/2022

Ever on the offensive, bitCorp moves into secure communications

The small Italian company bitCorp, owned by two former Carabinieri intelligence officers, Gianluca Tirozzi and Christian Persurich, and already well established in cyber intelligence, is now seeking to enter the field of secure military communications via European funding. [...]

International Dealmaking 15/06/2022

Friction between Rome and ENI in European race for non-Russian gas

Though he is still backing the national oil champion's bid for gas in Qatar, Italian prime minister Mario Draghi has taken steps to gain more independence from Russia, and from the oil and gas giant itself. [...]

Government Intelligence 09/06/2022

Divisions in Rome over Russia stance prompt US concerns

Worried about the divisions within the Italian government over Ukraine, the White House has dispatched a delegation to Sicily to seek assurances that Italy will uphold its commitments regarding Russian gas. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 07/06/2022

Antonio Capuano, the Russian asset close to the Italian right

The Neapolitan lawyer, a former adviser to Silvio Berlusconi, helped Northern League leader Matteo Salvini organise a trip to Russia to try to negotiate a ceasefire in Ukraine with Vladimir Putin. [...]

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Government Intelligence 26/05/2022

Rome turns to academia for new economic intelligence division to face China's rise

Prime Minister Mario Draghi wants to use 'Golden Power' legislation to keep an eye on foreign businesses buying key assets and is hiring a team of academics to do so. [...]

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. © Alessandro Serrano'/Avalon/Photoshot/MaxPPP

Spy Way Of Life Government Intelligence 20/05/2022

Casa Coppelle, Rome's intimate retreat catering to intelligence diplomats

Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens, where they meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online explores the restaurant Casa Coppelle in Rome, where spymasters dine and which has been the setting for meetings between the Italian and American intelligence services. [...]

The Casa Coppelle restaurant in Rome. © Google Maps

Government Intelligence 10/05/2022

Italian intelligence services woo academia

Italy's DIS, which coordinates intelligence and answers to Prime Minister Mario Draghi, is looking to establish stronger ties between Italy's research and intelligence worlds. [...]

International Dealmaking 23/03/2022

Palermo resisting Beijing's grip on Italian ports

To consolidate its hold on Italy's port infrastructure network, Cosco is putting different strategies into place, though these are not always obtaining the expected results. While Taranto and Gioia Tauro are ready to accept the Beijing giant's conditions, Palermo is resisting. [...]

The port of Palermo. © Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale/Facebook

SpotlightSurveillance & Interception 17/03/2022

Germany and Italy come to forefront at global intelligence summits

The return of international cyber summits allows observers to track changes in goals set by companies from countries keen to export their wares. German and Italy have picked up the pace as France falls behind. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 16/03/2022

Leonardo Bellodi, the Italian helping the UAE present its anti-money laundering credentials

The ENI veteran and former Libyan Investment Authority adviser is now in charge of the UAE's international dialogue on anti-money laundering. A role that has become all the more critical as Russian money pours into the country following sanctions from the West. [...]

Government Intelligence 14/02/2022

Italian spy chiefs ordered to observe three-year moratorium before switching to private sector Free

Following the row over the decision of the current head of Italian intelligence services, Elisabetta Belloni, to run for president, prime minister Mario Draghi has signed a new decree limiting former intelligence chiefs' rights to take up posts in the private sector. [...]

Surveillance & Interception 31/01/2022

Dataflow Security moves into the big league

Italian-based newcomer Dataflow Security is ramping up its credentials ahead of its participation at the next ISS fair, the place to be for providers of cyberoffensive tools. The firm has recently poached highly experienced zero-day vulnerability researchers from intelligence agencies. [...]

International Dealmaking 28/01/2022

Cosco regains Italian foothold and gateway to Mediterranean thanks to German mediation

A partnership between Germany's HHLA and the Trieste port authority is paving the way for the Chinese giant Cosco to strengthen its key position in Southern Europe. [...]

Maritime routes around Italy in 2020 © Intelligence Online/Indigo Publications 2022

Corporate Intelligence 15/10/2021

Project Associates hired to beef up Italian influence at UN

The British online influence firm has landed its first major contract for a Foreign government in the US with the Italian delegation at UN headquarters in New York. [...]

International Dealmaking 28/04/2021

RDIF calls on Italian-Swiss contacts to secure Sputnik V production

While the European Union is still divided over Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, Moscow's sovereign wealth fund is working its contacts with European pharmaceutical groups, starting with Antonio di Naro's Swiss group Adienne, with the view towards future production. [...]

Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev. © Reuters

Corporate Intelligence 10/03/2021

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ALL ARTICLES - ITALY

Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, the Italian security establishment's favourite school

Ever on the offensive, bitCorp moves into secure communications

Friction between Rome and ENI in European race for non-Russian gas

Divisions in Rome over Russia stance prompt US concerns

Antonio Capuano, the Russian asset close to the Italian right

Rome turns to academia for new economic intelligence division to face China's rise

Casa Coppelle, Rome's intimate retreat catering to intelligence diplomats

Italian intelligence services woo academia

Palermo resisting Beijing's grip on Italian ports

Germany and Italy come to forefront at global intelligence summits

Leonardo Bellodi, the Italian helping the UAE present its anti-money laundering credentials

Italian spy chiefs ordered to observe three-year moratorium before switching to private sector Free

Dataflow Security moves into the big league

Cosco regains Italian foothold and gateway to Mediterranean thanks to German mediation

Project Associates hired to beef up Italian influence at UN

RDIF calls on Italian-Swiss contacts to secure Sputnik V production

Carabinieri turn to PCS for hacking training

Ankara undoes IAI and Alenia's old local networks

Submarine deals: Rome-Doha rapprochement deepens

Rome and Ankara eye Saudi Arabian contract opportunities

Appointment of sales chief Giuseppe Giordo may spark rift between Fincantieri and Naval Group Free

French employers union MEDEF's Salvini-gate dilemma

Italian government beginning to struggle with intelligence services

Financier Antonio Fallico shuttles between Moscow and Rome

Mood of suspicion behind scenes of Fincantieri-Naval Group merger plan

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