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The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Bilal Sen, Audere, EuroSatory

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Cologne, London and Copenhagen.

Cologne Turkish ex-cyber police official moves into German corporate intelligence

London Audere recruits new managing director

Copenhagen C. Corner and AC Defence eye French market

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Gulf consulting, new Tory network

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to London.

LondonGulf specialist Tobias Borck moves into consulting.

LondonA new Tory business network.

Moldova's Statis change lawyers in case against Kazakh government

In a fresh twist in their long legal wrangle with the Kazakh government, Moldovan oligarchs Anatol and Gabriel Stati have changed their usual lawyers, opting for an investigation veteran.

Airbus, Leonardo and Sikorski choppers race to win over SAS

The prestigious British Army commando unit, the Special Air Service is carrying out a major overhaul of its helicopter fleet, which is used for the country's most sensitive missions. The aim is to restore the projection and stealth capabilities of its troops.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Hakluyt, ADIT/ECCO, FTI Consulting

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Washington, London, Singapore and Paris.

New YorkHakluyt brings in hedge fund veteran.

ParisAlain Fernandez brings ADIT and ECCO closer together on offsets.

London/SingaporeCrédit Suisse not doing well against former Georgian president despite FTI Consulting's help.

Spotlight
Major standoff afoot within NATO over hack back views

To hack back or not to hack back? NATO's European members are at odds with the US's drive to make the alliance's cyber defence policy more offensive, which raises the question of its abilities to attribute cyberattacks, a highly political matter.

Flurry of lawsuits hit German defence industry's former Arab world agent El Husseini

Ahmad El Husseini, Rheinmetall's former Near East and North Africa agent, is being sued by some of his creditors, including the major part state-owned banks in the UAE.

Nihon Cyber Defence grows into Japan-based relay of Five Eyes cyber model

The consulting firm Nihon Cyber Defence, which is looking to extend its strategic activities beyond the UK and Japan, has hired the US embassy in Canberra's former intelligence liaison officer, John Powers.

Kroll's Paris office celebrates 25 years amid whirlwind restructure

Now run by head of investigations Louis-David Magnien, after the departure of former boss Bechir Mana, Kroll's French office wants to take advantage of the sudden change in leadership to beef up.

Idesus, Fitzroy Tavern, BGR and Governances

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to London, Washington, Paris and Tashkent.

Thales Alenia Space and In-Space become last contendors for UK defence's spy satellites constellation project

France's Thales Alenia Space (TAS) and the UK's In-Space, a subsidiary of BAE System, are the last contenders for the Jove project, which aims to create a constellation of three observation cubesats and three radio frequency interceptor cubsats for the UK defence.

Spotlight
Crackdown on golden visa schemes takes toll on sector intelligence providers

The OECD and the European Commission are clamping down on golden visa programmes, much loved by Russian oligarchs. Groups specialising in due diligence are feeling the impact, particularly in Montenegro.

Russian Alfa Group's investment arm A1 still going strong as litigation funder in London

The entity that helps Russia's Deposit Insurance Agency fight its legal battles, A1, is still helping it hunt for assets. The UK sanctions on its leaders, including founder Mikhail Fridman, do not seem to have hindered its work in London.

The Agencies' Gazette
Abdullah II in Washington, GCHQ, US shipments to Kyiv, Uzbek border guards, Poupard and DGA

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Amman to London via Washington, Paris, Tashkent and Kyiv.

Jordan/United States Abdullah II puts intelligence at centre of US visit agenda

United KingdomGCHQ's mystery Manchester accelerator

Ukraine/United StatesWashington determined to fill Ukraine's military gaps

UzbekistanBorder guards on alert

FranceCybersecurity chief eyes defence procurement role

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Raedas, Veracity

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week we go to London and New York.

London Raedas arrives in Washington.

New York With a new boss, Veracity plugs into Democrat diplomacy.

Spotlight
Private spies search for NSO's true clients

Berkeley Research Group, which has been managing the fund behind Israeli cyber firm NSO since last year, has hired private investigators to shed light on the company's activities amid a legal wrangle with NSO's shareholders.

Online investigator Silobreaker to work for the young Swedish anti-fake news agency

The Swedish-British data analysis company Silobreaker is to provide an open source intelligence platform to the the anti-disinformation agency Myndigheten för Psykologiskt Försvar. This comes at a time when the country is living in fear of interference from Russia in the run-up to this year's parliamentary elections.