Somalia
CEP, shipping companies' private escort

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Blacklight Intelligence, VTB hones in on Telman Ismailov, ex-Fulcrum lawyer goes solo, wave of departures at Blackpeak

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

LondonPiers Lunnon-Wood splits time between Satori and Blacklight

Moscow/PodgoricaPolitical scandal puts Telman Ismailov back in VTB's line of sight

SuffolkEx-Fulcrum lawyer Warren Foot opens his own firm

Washington/SingaporeWave of departures at Blackpeak

United Kingdom
Privateers run out of pirates

Although incidents of piracy in the Gulf of Aden have fallen drastically in recent times, British investor Anthony Sharp and [...]

Somalia
Imbroglio among pirate chasers in Somalia

The United Arab Emirates has suddenly stopped financing a unit from Puntland's coast guard supervised by the firm SCS. Other operators could take its place.

Spotlight | Iran, United States
Iran: Treasury takes on shipping industry

After banning Western oil companies from doing business with Iran, the U.S. Department of Treasury is now taking on merchant shipping companies in its ongoing bid to asphyxiate the Iranian economy. The French multinational container shipping company CMA CGM and [.

United Kingdom
Marshall Islands flag for privateers

The Convoy Escort Program (CEP) that the insurance company Jardine [...]

Somalia
Saracen's troops in Gulf of Aden

Instead of protecting cargo vessels from pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the British firm Saracen International is training Somalian coast guards to do the job.

United Kingdom
Drum Cussac v Aegis

Former associates Jeremy Stampa Orwin and Tim Spicer are now competitors in the global anti-piracy market.

United Kingdom
Privateers take on pirates

In the absence of a lasting solution to the problem [...]

France
Triskel plays guardian in Djibouti

Making the most of the French presence in the region, former French legionnaires are recasting themselves as cargo escorts in the Gulf of Aden.

Somalia, United States
Privateers against Somali pirates

Several private security firms are trying to re-establish the letter of marque system, which would allow privateers to combat pirates.

Europe
European UAVs?

With EU member nations carrying out anti-pirate operations in the [...]

United Kingdom
Who Pays the Pirates' Ransom?

To secure the release of their vessels attacked in the Gulf of Aden, shipowners retain the services of discreet envoys to negotiate ransoms with the pirates.

United Kingdom
New Anti-Piracy Tactics

The increasing number of attacks by pirates against ships in the Gulf of Aden has prompted some private security companies to offer shipowners all-inclusive packages.

UNODC to train terrorist attack investigators

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is [...]