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

French financial intelligence service Tracfin makes management changes as part of strategic plan 

Guillaume Valette-Valla, the head of the French financial intelligence service Tracfin, has been reshuffling management to carry out its strategic plan and to do so ahead of the opening of a second headquarters next year.

Tracfin seeks cooperation with counterpart IMPA to crackdown on bi-national financial crimes 

A real problem for the French-Israeli relationship for years now, financial frauds carried out by dual nationals from the Jewish state continue to grow in number, but a joint agreement between the two countries is set to change that.

Paris sets foot back in Wuhan, puts past behind it 

With Beijing now back in favour with French diplomats and spies, Paris has taken particular care over the appointment of its new consul in Wuhan, birthplace of Covid-19 and site of the P4 high-security laboratory backed by France.

• FRANCE - Tracfin seeks new chief to boost technical department. 

• ISRAEL/EGYPT - Ronen Bar on reconciliation mission in Cairo. 

• RUSSIA - FSB coast guards take the plunge.

• UKRAINE - Death a regional SBU head sparks probe. 

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.

• RUSSIA - SVR awards artists' prize.

• FRANCE - Tracfin places focus on transparency

• US - Washington provides close cyber support to Romania

• FRANCE - Prison intelligence struggling
  

Macron gets intelligence services battle ready to protect elections from potential foreign interference 

Unlike previous presidential polls, the Elysée is mobilising intelligence services on an unprecedented scale to secure the next election. Behind France's dedicated new agency Viginum, the DGSE, the DGSI and Tracfin are actively trying to prevent new foreign interferences.

Tracfin still waiting for its 'Sirano' big data platform 

Although French financial intelligence service Tracfin has grown fast in line with its growing responsabilities in recent years, it has been finding it more difficult to keep its technical capacities up to speed. Its 'Sirano' big data platform programme, which was first developed by Capgemini, is running five years late.

Rolland's eviction as territorial intelligence chief causes stir 

Well-connected official Bertrand Chamoulaud is being tipped to replace the woman who was removed last week as the head of France's SCRT.

Tracfin's internal reform scrutinised by partners 

According to our sources, the French financial intelligence service Tracfin is preparing an internal reform it will implement in 2021.