The Agencies' Gazette
Syria's Paris embassy, Cambodian 'researchers', China's ideology, Interpol

The Agencies' Gazette
Foreign spies celebrate Bastille Day, French DNRT head honoured, Chinese advisers

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

BelgiumForeign spies enjoy 14 July party in Brussels

FranceAn honour and a new appointment at head of the National Directorate of Territorial Intelligence

ChinaIdeological training courses to prep future strategic advisers abroad

France
French police and Interpol marked by high-level command shuffle

The Director General of the French National Police, Louis Laugier, is looking for a new chief of staff following the appointment of Vincent Le Beguec as head of the DNPAF national border police directorate.

France
French ex-spy chief trial exposes private intelligence to judicial warning shot

The prosecution's closing arguments in the trial of the former French domestic intelligence chief Bernard Squarcini open the door to a warning to the world of business intelligence. The prosecution criticised the fluctuating definition of the term and the lack of clear regulation of the sector's methods.