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The Agencies' Gazette
Rosfinmonitoring, DNI v Cosco, Russian base in Tajikistan

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

RussiaFinancial intelligence service teams with FSB on cryptocurrencies in Russia.

United StatesDNI to probe Chinese presence in South American ports

TajikistanRussian base renews engagement in Tajikistan

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
CR Investigations, Elliott, Raiole, ESL & Network

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, Washinton and Paris.

London CR Investigations primed for 2022 with new Russia-facing recruits.

London Elliott counts on Boris Johnson's ex-PR whiz.

Washington Ex-CIA agent Raiole moves into fair trade.

Paris No longer advising Huawei, Alexandre Medvedowsky pushes for sovereign consulting.

Washington Nardello hires ex-DEA agent for DC office.

Taiwan's TSMC cashes in on China-US microchip wars

With the help of an army of Washington lobbyists, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co navigates between the US's determination to build a sovereign microchip industry and Chinese moves in this particularly strategic sector.

The Agencies' Gazette
SVR, DNI, GKNB, Corinte, Paris and Chinese Intelligence

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

RussiaKremlin explores new foreign policy concept

United StatesSenator Scott Young enlists DNI communications director.

FranceFrench senators point to weak representation in international organisations.

KyrgyzstanBishkek's former spymaster to head embassy in Ukraine

FranceParis wants to join international scene of Chinese intelligence analysis

France and US hold talks against backdrop of tightened cyber regulation

Cyber experts from Paris and Washington spoke on 13 and 14 January in an effort to soothe growing tensions between both countries over a number of key cyber intelligence issues.

USSOCOM accepts to put boots on ground in northeast Syria

Following the Islamic State's unprecedented strike near Hasakah, US and British special forces have agreed to send troops to help the Syrian Democratic Forces, whose counter-espionage weak spots were exposed by the attack.

Warsaw and Pinchuk join forces in Washington

The Polish government has hitched its wagon to a pro-Eastern European Washington think-tank connected with Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk.

US Congress set to glean info on Chinese army's weaknesses

The US China Economic and Security Review Commission has issued a new call for tenders aimed at uncovering the internal dynamics of China's Popular Liberation Army (PLA). Its contents reveal that the US Congress has high hopes of getting a better understanding of the workings of this key component in the Chinese security system.

Albania plays to NATO's tune by opting for American-style cybersecurity

After being rocked by massive data leaks in 2021, the Albanian authorities have hired US firm Jones Group to boost its cyber defence capacities. It's also a handy way to strengthen diplomatic and military ties with Washington.

Triple Canopy's phantom Ugandan legion comes back to haunt Constellis

The Constellis subsidiary went to Uganda to hire cheap labour to operate its Pentagon security contract at the Shorab base in Afghanistan.

Spotlight
Israeli Corporate Intelligence veteran Amit Forlit dragged into Ras al Khaimah battles

Legal efforts to corner Neil Gerrard, the arch-enemy of Kazakhstan's ENRC group, are gathering pace on three continents, increasingly exposing the activities of the intelligence firms involved and endangering the existence of Britain's Serious Fraud Office.

'Minor incursion' or not, US still leading light weapon deliveries to Kyiv

Even as the White House briefly took a more tempered pitch in the on-going trading of threats between the US and Russia over Ukraine, US aid, backed with new arms suppliers, continues to help Kyiv build up its defence.

Erys, Hakluyt, Veracity, Amarante, KPMG

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, London and New York.

US interception specialist Almenta still has strong grip on Asian market

While Almenta Group, the American company specialising in offensive cyber-intelligence, is in danger of losing its foothold in France, it is still very active in Asia, particularly in Singapore and Hong Kong.