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The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
GMTL, Consors Intelligence, US-Armenian probe, Hakluyt staff losses, finance corruption crackdown in China

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

LondonGordon Rainey joins GMTL

ParisConsors Intelligence picks Marc Martinez as new GM

Washington/YerevanEx-Armenian finance minister's family under DoJ probe hires help

London Hakluyt's cyber specialists exodus

BeijingHas the crackdown on corruption in the finance sector run its course?

Spotlight
When spies turn storytellers: pseudonyms and secrets in the world of espionage fiction

When former spies become novelists, they often cling to their old cloak-and-dagger habits by publishing under pen names, especially if they are still bound by confidentiality obligations. But sometimes the mask slips.

London's intelligence village takes stock, looks ahead to 2025

The British capital's well-established corporate intelligence firms such as G3 and The Risk Advisory Group are reviewing the year as it comes to a close. The picture emerging shows that those companies backed by funds are still thriving while others are struggling with plummeting revenues.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Private security in Budapest, Interpath, cop wanted for France TV, Control Risks generous in Dubai

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

Budapest/LondonG4S heir Criterion secures FCDO

LondonAnkura's former head of investigations eyes Interpath

ParisPolice officer wanted for France Télévisions

DubaiControl Risks compensates for rental boom

Veteran investigator Charlie Carr pivots towards strategic PR work

After several good years working for Central Asia's business elites, Charles Carr's research firm C and F Partners was forced into a rethink in 2024, shedding senior staff and pivoting towards communications work.

The Agencies' Gazette
Russia using Hawala payments, Vietnam's new Paris defence attaché, ISC renewal, Silk Roads into Europe, Kremlin/Vatican's parallel diplomacy

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

Russia/UKRussian embassy uses Hawala payments to dodge sanctions

Vietnam/France Hanoi appoints new defence attaché to Paris embassy

United KingdomNew Westminster intelligence committee crew take over

ChinaSecond New Silk Road phase turns towards Europe

Vatican/RussiaKremlin sends back-channel message it is open to Christmas ceasefire

Control Risks throws hat in sports ring with Matchroom

Private security and corporate intelligence firm Control Risks Group is riding the wave of sports investigations by supporting a UK-based promoter active in the Gulf.

Highgate wades into alleged Barzani corruption case info war

The British strategic advisory firm with experience in influence campaigns and drawn out court battles is now working on a several billion dollar dispute involving Korek Telecom, the company controlled by the Iraqi Kurdish Barzani clan.

Unwitting 'journalist-consultant' caught up in Audere's Maltese healthcare and Conservative concierge probes

Intelligence Online has learned that private investigations group Audere, which was commissioned by Steward Healthcare to investigate Malta's political authorities, subcontracted work to a journalist for years without telling him who had actually ordered it.

CT Group suffers brain drain after media and legal exposure

In three separate lawsuits, doubts have been cast as to the authenticity of bank statements, database excerpts and real estate estimates that CT Group provided to its lawyers. Now, weeks later, the company's senior executives are leaving in droves.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
S-RM, Secretariat, BDMN, European Investment Bank

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

New YorkS-RM takes on Richard Fogarty

Hong KongEx-FTI group expands at Secretariat

LondonEx-Met boss drops his police contracts

Luxembourg cityEuropean Investment Bank doubles client investigation budget

Spotlight
Turkish electronic warfare group Tualcom tightens links with UK's MOD

Tualcom has grown its relationship with the UK's Ministry of Defence even as other NATO states turn their back on Turkey's defence industry. Its products are also being used widely in Ukraine.

The Tech Telegraph
French defence intel cyber projects boosted, NN Technologies helps Nexumous, Cyber Ranges hooks up with SSSCIP

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT with a dose of cyber, we report every Thursday on events big and small that matter in the technical intelligence community.

ParisFrench military intelligence service's cyber projects favoured in 2025 finance bill

LondonNN Technologies assists drone management newbie Nexumous

Kyiv/QuanticoCyber Ranges hooks up with SSSCIP's cyber threat intelligence-sharing system