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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

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.

Spotlight
Who's who in the Disruptive Technology Strike Force set to counter cyber attacks from overseas

The National Coordinator of Strike Force is a veteran of the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security. Other top officials have backgrounds in terrorism, counterintelligence and weapons trafficking.

Private security veteran John Holmes has eyes on Ukraine

The former chairman of corporate intelligence firm Quintel is actively lobbying in the US to carve out a place in the Ukrainian security market.

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

Spotlight
From opposite sides, Tapei and Beijing both lobbying for African American support

A battle pitching Tapei's lobbyists Empire Consulting against Beijing's U.S. Exchange Foundation for Black support is raging in Washington. Empire has close ties to the Congressional Black Caucus, a chief target of both sides.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Avisa parties, Alexandre Benalla in London, Strider Technologies, T&M USA

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

LondonAvisa's relaunch parties

London/ParisAlexandre Benalla bounces back in London

LondonDavid Kilby quits Herminius for Strider Technologies

New YorkEx-FBI chief Thomas Sheer advises T&M USA

Huang and Chen, the Kuomintang's deft Washington duo

Taiwan's Kuomintang has deployed envoys Alexander Huang and Admiral Richard Chen to Washington to change the traditional view that the opposition party is always close to Beijing, before looming presidential elections in both countries.