France
Tracfin still waiting for its 'Sirano' big data platform

The Intelligence Gazette
Tracfin, Shin Bet in Cairo, FSB's coast guards, the SBU

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets of news, big and small, from the global intelligence community. This week we hone in on Tracfin, Shin Bet in Cairo, FSB's coast guards, the SBU.

FranceTracfin seeks new chief to boost technical department.

Israel/EgyptRonen Bar on reconciliation mission in Cairo.

RussiaFSB coast guards take the plunge.

UkraineDeath a regional SBU head sparks probe.

France
Tracfin to speed up cryptocurrency investigations with private help

France's financial intelligence service Tracfin is looking to strengthen its capacities in response to the rising numbers of illegal transactions involving cryptocurrencies, at a time when ransomware attacks and sanctions evasion are increasingly rife.

France
Tracfin's next director to start with a full plate of challenges

Because of its broad scope, the French financial intelligence service Tracfin, if used well, could become a handy intelligence warfare tool. But after Maryvonne Le Brignonen's controversial directorship the unit is facing numerous challenges, both internal and external.

France
France's Artemis project faced with tsunami of data and technical challenges

The Artemis defence intelligence data platform, a pet project of France's defence minister Florence Parly and which is to be used mostly by military intelligence agency DRM, is grappling with some major technical issues.

France
Start-up Serenicity quickly finds place in France's intelligence community

After initially offering its services to small companies, the French cyber security company is now working increasingly with the French security services.

France
French financial intelligence takes one further step towards European and international cooperation

The French government has issued a decree stating Tracfin will cooperate with its foreign counterparts, particularly within the EU, as Brussels has requested for a while.

France
Tracfin transforms to meet French government priorities

In the midst of structural reform (IOL 867, IOL 864), the small but strategic French financial intelligence service Tracfin is [...]

France
Tracfin's shake-up off to a tricky start

Vast internal reforms at France's financial intelligence service are proving a challenge to implement, as the recent eviction of the organisation's counter-terrorism chief appears to demonstrate.