France
French intelligence services and financial prosecutors increase ties

France
French anti-corruption agency wants to regain control of compliance programmes

Following guidelines aimed at limiting the use of foreign consultancies, the AFA is working to take back control of programmes pertaining to judicial public interest agreements, the French answer to the US and UK's "deferred prosecution agreements".

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Audere, Pantheon Intelligence, C4I, and Cassini Conseil

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonAudere networks with chambers of commerce

LincolnDrone pilot Daniel Whorlton moves into consultancy

ParisConsultancy partnered with GEODE laboratory impresses defence ministry

WashingtonMacMurray moves to C4I, sheds other activities

France
Tracfin executives' exodus to private sector continues

Tracfin has seen a steady stream of departures as heavyweights take up posts in the private sector, spurred by repeated attempts at internal reform in a French financial intelligence service already rife with tensions, and amid accusations it is becoming politicised.

The Intelligence Gazette
Talabani family feud, US cyberguard, Russian nuclear comms, DGSE's secret stash, Tracfin-PNF cooperation, China's vision

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. Today, we head to Sulemaniyah and Beijing, via Washington, Moscow and Paris.

Iraq Talabani cousins revive family feud

United States Intelligence committee inspects National Cyber Guard

Russia The Kremlin's nuclear weapons 'leaks'

France DGSE's secret funds or special funds?

France Public auditor seeks closer cooperation between Tracfin and financial prosecutor

China Beijing eyes Southern states to realise international security vision

France
Anti-corruption agency pleads for closer collaboration with intelligence services

During his hearing by the MPs from the parliamentary enquiry commission on foreign interference on 26 January, the head of the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA), Charles Duchaine, pleaded for greater collaboration with the intelligence services.

The Intelligence Gazette
French DGSI's new hiring cell, Rosgvardia's deputy directors, Tel Aviv boosts Albanian cyber, New York jet-setter wins case against Moscow

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week we home in on Paris, Tel Aviv, Tirana and Moscow.

FranceDGSI's new recruitment cell.

RussiaA new deputy for Zolotov.

Israel/AlbaniaTel Aviv pledges cyber security boost to Tirana.

France/RussiaMoscow loses case in Paris court.

Spotlight | France, Russia
Moscow poised to recover funds in French court asset tracking case

An upcoming French court decision could see the properties belonging to the New York wife of a former Moscow official, accused of fraud in Russia, seized by the French state. With Moscow still under sanctions, such an outcome could change the way Russia goes about claiming assets.

France
French intelligence community seeks closer contact with justice ministry

France's DGSE is leading a push by the intelligence community to have closer cooperation with - and more information from - the justice ministry.

France
French government takes back control of communications interception platform from Thales

After having run into all sorts of problems since it struck up a major agreement with the electronics group in 2008, the French Ministry of Justice is to take judge-sanctioned communications interception back in-house in 2019 according to Intelligence Online's sources.