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Taro Nordheider displays penchant for luxury and corporate intelligence

Hakluyt and Idesus, which is well-connected in Turkey, operate in the rarefied world of wealthy heirs and luxury goods between London and Vienna.

No more lifeline in Riyadh for King Saud bin Abdulaziz's son in London court case

Hussam bin Saud bin Abdulaziz al-Saud owes money to Kuwaiti telecommunications company Zain. His case is being ruled in London despite his attemps to avoid it. In Riyadh, he has been pushed to the sidelines.

Defence Intelligence seeks stronger collaboration with the private sector

On the front line of the Ukrainian conflict, British military intelligence is looking to improve its internal processes. A future director will be tasked with accelerating the work of private contractors in the areas of space imagery processing and digital transformation.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Control Risks Group, Tata Consulting Services, Volexity, Maisha Group

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, Singapore, Paris and Tel Aviv.

London, Singapore Control Risks Group snaps up Big Four veteran investigator Michael Peer.

Paris Ex-head of international cooperation at ANSSI joins India's Tata Consulting Services.

Paris US firm Volexity steps into French market with hire of Kaspersky CTI specialist Paul Rascagnères.

Tel Aviv, London Report highlights Israeli anti-poaching specialist Maisha Group.

Arqit plays key role in big quantum encryption projects under development in US and UK

London-based Arqit, which is a key partner of the UK's GCHQ and the US Air Force, is setting the pace in government research on quantum encryption and key distribution in the US and the UK.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Arcanum, Wallbrook, Kroll

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 Paris and London.

ParisEnd of Arcanum in France

London/Los AngelesWallbrook targets Californian tech industry with Wu

LondonKroll launches new growth drive

Communist party's gene giant MGI sets foot in Europe

Restricted in the US, Chinese Communist Party's DNA collection rep MGI takes root in Europe.

Spotlight
Accountants go after corporate investigators

As well as tracking down Russian clients, the UK's business intelligence community has found itself attracting interest from the world's leading accounting firms keen to develop their scope in the sector.

Athena Intelligence investigates in Gulf Petrochem oil trader wars

The Swiss corporate intelligence firm conducted a probe for Italian bank UniCredit in an oil dispute that was part of a much bigger fraud scheme involving Gulf Petrochem.

Axel Krueger, Swiss adviser for oil traders, in Gazprombank's sights

Veteran mining and oil industry consultant and financier Axel Krueger is caught up in a legal battle in London where his business partner, oil trader Mourat Seitnepesov, is being sued by the Luxembourg subsidiary of Russia's Gazprombank, recently targeted by British sanctions.

Falklands return to heart of British intelligence concerns

The Falklands islands are once again becoming strategic for the UK, both to develop new space surveillance capabilities and to deal with Argentina, which is quickly moving closer to China.

France, UK, muscle into Seoul's Indo-Pacific plans

Since South Korea began openly discussing its position in the debate over the Indo-Pacific region's political and strategic architecture, delegations of French and British officials have been pouring into the country in an attempt to wield influence.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
RosettiStarr, Farrant, Audere, ICSID/Paris Arbitration Week

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 and London.

WashingtonICSID establishes framework for litigation funding.

LondonAudere's new boss Oliver Blackmore gets into private security.

WashingtonRosettiStar hires Joe Andrews.

LondonFarrant looks to Africa.

United Front expands soft power with new operations centre in London

The Chinese Overseas Foundation, which typically operates through non-profit associations based in China, has decided to open a London centre.