The Agencies' Gazette
Ex-US intel chief denounces purges, OFAST recruits in Marseille, China boosts Taiwan office, Frontex boss visits Paris

European Union, Poland
Frontex hit by new anti-corruption investigation

The headquarters of the European border and coast guard agency were raided in early March as part of an investigation by the European anti-fraud office. A senior Italian Frontex official is under investigation.

United States
New US counterintelligence chief faces uncertain future

The poor cousin of the US intelligence community, counterintelligence finds itself at a crossroads, with a new director of limited influence and facing contradictory reform plans.

Europe
Frontex wants its own intelligence data fusion system

The European Union's Innovation Hub for Internal Security has signalled that it wants to develop a border surveillance system unifying national systems and the resources of its own border surveillance body, Frontex.

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSE screening, US naval intelligence, China's anti-corruption drive, Paris-Moscow skirmish

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

FranceDGSE speeds up clearance procedures to boost recruitment

USThink-tank with US Navy ties mulls potential clash with Beijing

ChinaAcademy of Social Sciences targeted by anti-corruption drive

RussiaDiplomatic tussle between Paris and Moscow