ALL ARTICLES - UNITED STATES

• CANBERRA - Babel Street goes deeper into Australian OSINT market

• MARSEILLE - STL Ludwig, German supplier to the French Navy, in spotlight over litigation

• WASHINGTON - Former Secret Service officer Michael Johns joins JSI Group

• PARIS - France's agency for judiciary interception pursues integration of GPS trackers in the new national platform

US missions in Brussels facing internal imbalances 

The war in Ukraine has revitalised the US State Department's three representative bodies in the European Union capital. Despite increases in funding, however, they are struggling with some internal deficiencies and operational overlaps.

Behind the scenes of Japan's talks with US over NATO 

Japan continues to redefine its strategy with regard to the regional security organisations that operate in Asia, while Joe Biden has definitively rejected any plans for Tokyo to join the transatlantic alliance.

K2 investigates the world of beauty 

The hair and skincare company Head Kandy claims that founder Kayla McNeill fraudulently billed it for lavish personal expenses. A K2 report the beauty company submitted itemized a long list of charges the investigative firm deemed to be improper, which McNeill denied.

ST Engineering builds up its presence in Washington as it looks to boost its drone capacities 

To improve its naval drone expertise, ST Engineering is drawing on the services of a small army of consultants, many with a US Navy background. Some of them recently joined a low-profile special purpose acquisition vehicle.

Thai defence firm ACEIS clarifies links with China to lure US 

In a bid to build stronger ties with the US defence industry, Thai firm ACEIS has had to clarify any potential associations that could be made online between it and Chinese companies, especially strategic ones.

• SANTIAGO - Cognyte goes after Southern Cone market
  

• RIYADH - Positive Technologies eye Saudi Arabia despite US sanctions
  

• SAN FRANCISCO - US Coast Guard awards economic intel contract to Sayari

FBI alerted of Russian oil trader Niels Troost's secret US business interests 

Troost has largely gone underground since being named in news reports as a key energy broker for Russia. He denies charges of sanctions busting or any illegal activities, but recently cancelled a trip to New York, according to a source.

L3Harris faces lawsuit from ex-business facilitator 

C2 Associates, a consultancy of ex-Pentagon and Congress staffers, claims it is owed large sums of unpaid fees from defence group L3Harris, which it helped to win contracts with the US Air Force.

• NEW YORK - K2 quietly demotes co-CEO

• ABU DHABI - Consultant Charles Peterson returns to nuclear

• WASHINGTON - Ex-staffer takes Guidehouse to court

India and US shore up border surveillance on China 

Though still impervious to India's requests for a greater military presence in the region, Washington has accepted supporting Indian armed forces in their bid to regain disputed territories currently under the control of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Washington lobbyists plead Kazakh protesters' cause in US 

Trials in connection with last year's protests are in full swing in Kazakhstan. Supporters of some key figures, including Arman Dzhumageldiyev, known to be close to the country's intelligence service, the KNB, have hired Washington lobbyists to drum up support for their cause.

Indictment exposes SVR industrial spy's former defence partners 

While the US Department of Justice's probe into Greek businessman Nikolaos Bogonikolos focuses on goods illegally exported to Russia's intelligence services, the man at the heart of the investigation long worked in the same circles as several European defence groups.

• CREIL - Artemis roll-out speeds up

• PARIS - RB 42 woos French companies for Singapore at Campus Cyber

• FORT MEADE - Khoi Nguyen replaces Michael Clark as head of acquisitions at US CYBERCOM

• LONDON - Omri Lavie and Isaac Zack's cyber firm Orchestra Group closing UK subsidiary

Discreet succession crisis at risk management firm Sigma7 

From London to New York, the risk management and corporate intelligence firm is currently undergoing big changes at the top.