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The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Alp Services, G3, Audax

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

GenevaAlp Services SA loses final investigators

LondonG3 recruits after new investor joins the firm

LondonThree financial investigation experts set up Audax

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Japan expert joins Naval Group, Protectas to guard EU sites, ex-Rio Tinto investigator launches own firm

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

ParisJapan expert joins Naval Group's safety department

GenevaProtectas awarded contract to secure three EU sites in Switzerland

LondonEx-Rio Tinto consultant enters private investigation market

Dirty tricks in the oil sector: a fake investigations site and a sham corporate intelligence company

It is a bold choice on the part of an investigations site to link itself clearly to a site claiming to belong to a private investigation company. An oil trader in the Caspian Sea area is currently being targeted by a shadowy Swiss-based investigations site which has done this.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
DGA Group is hiring, spies in Davos, DHS provider's lobbyist

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

London/WashingtonDGA Group brings in new sleuths

SwitzerlandThree big names in intelligence seen in Davos

WashingtonIntelligence community provider picks out new lobbyist

Swiss traders bet both ways on Russian and Ukrainian cereals exports

Intelligence Online has seen numerous import-export dockets for cereals from Russia and Ukraine. Big and small traders in Switzerland are highlighting the business they do for Ukraine but trading more discreetly in Russian cereals at the same time.

Spotlight
Russia's new oil routes: the mysterious traders filling the gap

A handful of small firms stepped in after big Swiss traders pulled out of the sanctioned Russian oil export market. Targeted by regulators themselves, they have been replaced by even more opaque entities. Intelligence Online takes a closer look at this third wave, which enables Moscow to export not just to Asia, but also to Europe.

Auterion, the chip supplier free of Chinese tech for Kyiv's drones

In their quest to end dependence on Chinese-made chips, Ukrainian drone pilots are turning to the up-and-coming Swiss-American firm for competitive, efficient electronic systems and software.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Ron Wahid in Ukraine, Paul Habeshaw at Herminius, Protectas in Geneva, Delamotte leaves SSF

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

Kyiv/LondonRon Wahid goes after ex-Kazakh associate

TokyoEx-Hakluyt executive Paul Habeshaw grows Herminius's Japanese office

Geneva/LondonSecurity firm Protectas equips FCDO

ParisBruno Delamotte exits SSF

Opposition infighting plays into hands of intelligence services

To obtain information, the networks keeping track of Azerbaijani opposition leaders in Europe have resorted to exploiting the dissension between them. These activists sometimes accuse each other of working for Moscow or Baku's intelligence services.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Gunvor Group, Alaco, Exiger, Control Risks

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

LondonFormer Schillings investigator joins Gunvor

WashingtonExiger beefs up government contracts department

London/ZurichAlaco's Swiss branch shrinks

WashingtonAlyssa Misner leaves Control Risks

Serbian security services target corporate intelligence

In a murky affair, Serbia's domestic security service recently visited the offices of a Swiss corporate intelligence firm.

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSI interpreter loses job, secret Arctic diplomacy flounders

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

ParisThe cost of DGSI Arabic interpreter's extended leave

SwitzerlandTrack II diplomacy in Arctic hits cold front