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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.

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'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.

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.

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.

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 [...]

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.