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The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
G3, Nardello, KCS

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

LondonValeria Bondareva joins G3

Los AngelesJames Aquilina joins Nardello, and leaves Wallbrook

LondonPost-KCS, Leon Goldman goes solo

The Agencies' Gazette
MbS and Sunak, OIS/Russia, Prague's VZ, NCSC audit, Tracfin

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from Riyadh, London, Washington, Prague and Paris.

Saudi Arabia/United KingdomMbS refuses terms of his London visit

United StatesOffice of Investment Security further increases presence in Russia

Czech RepublicSpymaster focuses its annual report on new hybrid warfare in Ukraine

United StatesNCSC under audit as it faces change of command

FranceTracfin's uncontrollable Startrac to remain in place

Legion volunteer and private security provider Matthew Parker leaves Ukraine

Independent Security Advisors boss returns to US after undertaking consultancy, training and close protection missions with Ukrainian security agencies, but leaves behind a number of trusted contacts.

New York Fed clashes with Puerto Rican bank over K2 Integrity guidance

Banco San Juan Internacional is challenging the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's decision to revoke its master account. The New York Fed considers that the Puerto Rican bank has not gone far enough in implementing K2 Integrity's compliance recommendations.

Spotlight
Despite risks, defence AI firms turn to low-cost subcontractors to label data

Essential to train AI algorithms, labelling is a crucial stage in the intelligence cycle but remains on the margin of the sovereignty debate, despite being farmed out to third-party suppliers.

Titan-Geo in Latin American geolocation race

The small company is hoping to grow its business in the buoyant market for geolocation services in Latin America.

The Tech Telegraph
CAE and DEA for Frontex, 5150 Labs in the UAE, Incredity bows out, ChapsVision buys Owlint

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

Warsaw CAE Aviation and DEA Aviation back to Frontex

Dubai American IRS service provider 5150 Labs showcased in Dubai

Munich Zero-day vulnerability reseller Incredity throws in the towel

Paris French cyber-intelligence group ChapsVision snaps up Owlint

Spotlight
SPAC Chain Bridge implosion threatens to dash intelligence officers' dreams

Retired officials with the CIA, MI6, DIA and Pentagon have key roles with Chain Bridge I, which is bleeding cash. The fund's top executives include veterans of CIA-linked venture capital firm In-Q-Tel and several ex-intelligence operatives who currently work for Beacon Global Strategies.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
G3, Chris Morgan Jones, Corexalys, Red Five Security, Keith Hunter, Arte

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

LondonG3 nets record year

New York/LondonBest-selling investigator Chris Morgan Jones returns to Nardello

ParisPierre-Mayeul Badaire steps in to steer Corexalys

Washington/KyivRed Five Security, the security consultant behind a Ukrainian university course

LondonKeith Hunter adjusts Animus Associates ownership

ParisArte calls on ex-intelligence officials for new TV series

BGR boosts new security deal between US and Bahrain as part of its lobbying work for the Gulf monarchy

Within days of the agreement being signed, BGR was selling it in Washington as a reflection of Bahrain's importance as a US ally and bulwark against Chinese and Iranian influence in the Middle East. The lobby firm's client pays it almost $800,000 annually to enhance Washington-Manama ties.

The corporate intelligence heavyweights who are leaving JS Held

The firm's global investigations division continues to be restructured, with departures recently from its offices in London, New York and Tokyo.

Yuan Yi Kun, strategist for Guoanbu's new US approach

Under the supervision of Yuan Yi Kun, a former researcher at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, the Ministry of State Security wants to take advantage of what it perceives as a moment of weakness in the United States.

Malaysian 1MDB scandal has created many career opportunities in private investigation

The 1MDB scandal, the subject of a recent documentary, has mobilised private investigation firms all over the world for a decade.

The Tech Telegraph
France's DGSE turns to LLM, US cracks down on cyber industry, Preligens' Rennes changes

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

Paris French intelligence service focuses on Large Language Models

Washington Congress ponders cyber-intelligence sanctions

Rennes Preligens restructures ahead of funding round