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LondonFormer Schillings investigator joins Gunvor

WashingtonExiger beefs up government contracts department

London/ZurichAlaco's Swiss branch shrinks

WashingtonAlyssa Misner leaves Control Risks

Mining financier active in China seeks to make inroads in Washington

Working on African and Chinese markets, Ray Zimmerman wants to lobby on behalf of his own company regarding American political issues.

Spotlight
Western allies' reservations about deployment of Ukrainian special forces against Russia in Africa

Kyiv is eager to take the fight to Moscow's new African heartland. But given the deterioration in Ukraine's position on the front line in the east, its Western allies are more inclined to handle the situation themselves.

British parliamentary oversight of intelligence dreams of US model

The looming UK general election is fuelling hopes of reform at the Intelligence and Security Committee that would like to be independent of the executive, as is the case in the US.

Brain drain: Russian energy and banking veterans slip into Asian fintech

With finance from US fund Argentem Creek Partners and the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, a former top executive and statesman of Russia's strategic sectors has quietly left Moscow to develop a bank in the Philippines.

Astana boosts ties with US Republicans ahead of a possible Trump return

Kazakhstan is developing its contacts in Washington before the US presidential election as it looks for alternatives to its foreign policy relationship with Russia.

Boeing eyes New Delhi's new spy planes for its latest technical intelligence pod

The US planemaker Boeing is currently testing a new intelligence tool for its P-8 Poseidon aircraft, which it appears willing to offer to India as the country seeks to acquire its own state-of-the-art surveillance aircraft.

Washington widens definition of intelligence to facilitate counternarcotics efforts

US agencies' powers to monitor foreign communications now encompass international drug traffickers and fentanyl producers.

Ankara eyes shopping list for Ukraine's US-budgeted arms

Ahead of Erdogan's visit to Washington, DC in May, with US financial aid to Kyiv hopefully being made available again, Turkish military diplomacy is working hard to supply Ukraine with new equipment.

Zinc Network, key UK and US partner in information warfare support to Kyiv

The London firm has been winning contracts with several government agencies in Washington, London and Kyiv to combat Russian disinformation in the war in Ukraine.

Cohen Group works to boost US defence groups in Ukraine

With the official arrival of NATO's ex-deputy commander as an adviser, the Cohen Group, led by former US defence secretary William Cohen, is seeking to step-up support for its clients, the major US defence groups, for their contracts in Ukraine financed by NATO states.

APTelecom consultants at heart of US Indo-Pacific subsea cable strategy

Emerging markets consultancy APTelecom has become a specialist in raising risk awareness and advocating good practices in the subsea cables market, in line with Washington's geostrategic interests.

Ex-Mossad officer goes undercover in online political ad agency battles

A former Mossad agent has provided compromising information to targeted ad agency AIDIgital against two of its former employees.

Robotics hacking dispute with Chinese links ropes in domain companies

Robotics company Digital Dream Labs plans to subpoena hosting companies Ionos and GitHub to regain access to its websites. Embroiled in a complex case of hacking with alleged Chinese links, it has hired corporate investigators to help it.