All articles - Saudi Arabia

The Agencies' Gazette
Epstein files, Martello, EEAS and FTI Consulting

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

New YorkNardello, Riley Kiraly and Interfor among firms appearing in Epstein files

DubaiDisputes support firm Martello makes first hire in Middle East

RiyadhEU sticks with Argus Security Projects and Gulf Falcons Security & Protection

WashingtonFTI bounces back in financial investigation

Riyadh deports French official over alcohol possession

Despite hopes of Westerners working in the Saudi kingdom, the legalisation of alcohol remains largely hypothetical. A French embassy official in Riyadh recently found out the hard way and was sent out of the country.

Former British police to train Saudi state security

Ahead of the Expo 2030 world fair and the 2034 FIFA World Cup in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh has called on a British firm to train the kingdom's Presidency of State Security's officers in major event security.

PwC charged $200m annually for work at Saudi PIF's Neom prior to ban

Sources close to the Public Investment Fund's (PIF) audit of spending at Neom, the planned futuristic city in northwestern Saudi Arabia, say reporting to date has not addressed the scale of billing by western consultants at the site.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
No pay from Al-Ula, Ankura's asset tracing reboot, Litigation Capital Management verdict

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

RiyadhThe Royal Commission for Al-Ula doesn't pay

Sydney/DubaiDispute funder Litigation Capital Management to discover its fate in Dubai money laundering trail

LondonAnkura restarts asset tracing practice

Naval Group bets all on Saudi frigates after Norway and Canada setbacks

The French shipyard, which recently attended a confidential meeting at the army general staff in Paris, is hoping to convince the French government to throw all its support behind its bid to win a mega-contract in Riyadh.

Riyadh wants Beirut to hand over Saudi's former star arms broker

In the crosshairs of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's anti-corruption investigators, businessman Salah Fustok sought refuge in his native Lebanon. But he hadn't counted on the tenacity of Riyadh's new strongman, determined to uncover all the previous Saudi monarch's military and financial secrets.