France
ADIT, Amarante, Delamotte: big moves in corporate intelligence and security

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Topaz Group, Legion of Honour in Hanoi, Troost vs Srivastava

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

ParisAmarante International's Arnaud Dessenne joins Heracles

HanoiFrench honour for Openasia boss

New YorkPrivate investigators facing exposure in Russian oil traders' battle

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Cristal Group International in court, French ex-army chief goes into consulting, Focke flocks back to Diligence

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

LyonCristal Group International in receivership

ParisJean-Pierre Bosser moves into consulting

LondonInvestigator rejoins Trefor Williams at Diligence

France, Libya
ESL Rivington on hunt for payment for cancelled Libyan contract

A recent ruling by the Orléans court in France has uncovered a lobbying campaign that was due to be conducted by Rivington, part of the ADIT group, on behalf of a Libyan politician.

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Highgate, Secretariat Advisors, Stanton Wallace, SOG Defense

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

LondonRestructuring at Highgate

Europe/Southeast AsiaSecretariat Advisors scales back in Europe, boosts Asia branch

Neuilly-sur-SeineStanton Wallace reinvents itself

LondonFrench security operator in Southeast Asia sets up in UK capital

Afghanistan
Amarante prevails in spat over EU diplomats' security deal in Kabul

The British firm IDG Security was due to start providing security for the European Union delegation in Afghanistan on 1 October. But at the last minute, the current provider Amarante saw its contract extended. The possibility of a new tender is becoming increasingly likely.

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Amarante's UAE Parisian security contract, Portman's promotions, Dubai's tower of corporate spooks

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

ParisAmarante wins Abu Dhabi security contract in Paris

New YorkPromotions galore at former Diligence entity Portman

DubaiCorporate spooks converging at DIFC's Index Tower

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Lamplighter emerges from Dentons, ADIT and Forward at Souveraine Tech, exit CIA spokesman

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

LondonDentons' corporate intel partners set up new firm

Paris/Saint-MaloADIT and Forward Global join forces at Pierre-Édouard Stérin's Souveraine Tech conference

WashingtonFormer CIA spokesman moves into strategic communications

Syria
Corporate intelligence specialists rush to Damascus

Although still precarious, the improving security situation is allowing geopolitical risk and investigation consultants to regain a foothold in Syria. Their return follows in the wake of international donors and groups interested in Syrian reconstruction, keen to monitor the situation and understand what is going on behind the scenes of the new regime in Damascus.

France
ADIT's promises to its new shareholders

As corporate intelligence group ADIT completes its new round of financing, Intelligence Online has seen a document presented to potential investors laying out the company's hopes for growth that mainly rely on its subsidiary Défense Conseil International.

France
ESL Rivington and Antidox reinvent themselves as Next Step Influence

Strategic intelligence group ADIT's influence division, comprised of ESL Rivington and Antidox, is changing its name to Next Step Influence in a sign of the evolution of the subsidiary.

Syria
French business delegation's Damascus visit cancelled

Israel's military offensive against Iran, which began on June 13, has led to the cancellation of a French business delegation's trip to Damascus scheduled for this week.

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JS Held works for oil firm, investigators open doors in Ukraine, LVMH safety doubts

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

SingaporeOil firm calls on JS Held sleuths

London/Kyiv/LvivUkrainian investigators fund visit by British MPs

ParisSquarcini lawsuit and job ad raise questions over LVMH security

France, Germany, Poland
ADIT courting Berlin-based due diligence firm as acquisition drive continues

France's leading risk and intelligence advisory has begun talks with an investigations firm based in Warsaw and Berlin over a prospective buy-out. ADIT's aim is to plug an intelligence gap in Central Europe.

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Ron Wahid in Ukraine, Paul Habeshaw at Herminius, Protectas in Geneva, Delamotte leaves SSF

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

Kyiv/LondonRon Wahid goes after ex-Kazakh associate

TokyoEx-Hakluyt executive Paul Habeshaw grows Herminius's Japanese office

Geneva/LondonSecurity firm Protectas equips FCDO

ParisBruno Delamotte exits SSF