The Agencies' Gazette
MIT spending, DC quiet on pilots in China, Sergey Beseda in good form, Tracfin reform toughens, KGB takes swipe at MI6

United States
New Washington-area nonprofit aims to thwart Moscow's attempts to weaken democratic governance

The Dekleptocracy Project wants to see officials of autocratic regimes and their corporate, legal and financial enablers in the West named, shamed and prosecuted. The group's co-founders, a former Pentagon official and a corporate intelligence specialist, view Vladimir Putin's Russia as an "existential threat".

France, Russia
Allegedly GU-linked Ruslan Pukhov launches new intelligence magazine

Think tank director Ruslan Pukhov - who is persona non grata in France for his alleged links to the Russian military intelligence service - has just brought out a new intel-focused magazine.

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.

Iraq, Turkey
Turkey's MIT hands control of Makhmur refugee camp to Baghdad

Forced to give in to Turkish intelligence demands, the Iraqi government in Baghdad is conducting an operation to control suspected PKK fighters, with the implicit involvement of the Barzanis' KDP, which remains close to Turkey.

Russia
FSB comes back in from the cold

Benefitting from the rising number of incidents on Russia's periphery and the careful staging of its response to these, the national security service has returned to the forefront of Russian politics after being given the cold shoulder over its strategic errors on Ukraine.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
GPW hires, former Marsh & McLennan exec heads to RosettiStarr, Eli Cherkasky's rise, Resheniya closes, Hakluyt poaches from Inter-Mediate

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to London, New York and Bethesda.

London Will Jenkins swaps Nardello for GPW

Bethesda RosettiStarr takes on Marsh & McLennan's security head

New York Eli Cherkasky speeds up the ladder at Exiger

London Russia specialist Resheniya closes shop

London Hakluyt takes on more former Inter-Mediate talent

China, France
Are French pilots about to train on Chinese jets?

Last year we reported that French pilots were training their counterparts in the People's Liberation Army. We have since learned that Chinese aircraft could be used to train French military aviators.

Australia, China, France, United Kingdom, United States
The West's scattered response to its ex-fighter pilots training Chinese counterparts

For some time, US, Australian, British and French pilots have been training their Chinese air force counterparts, as we revealed in May last year. Caught unprepared, their governments are now scrambling to find legal means to stop the practice from benefitting their strategic adversary.

Turkey
Turkey's MIT maps out intelligence academy plans

Following the lead of a number of Western intelligence communities, Turkey is planning to open an intelligence academy, under the aegis of the MIT, headed by spymaster Hakan Fidan.

France
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.

Turkey, United States
Erdogan utilising Turken Foundation to extend his influence in the US

Although it is officially involved in education and both parent foundations are registered with the US authorities as apolitical bodies, the Turken Foundation is nevertheless prosecuting a political agenda in the United States on behalf of the Turkish presidency.

Turkey, Ukraine
How Ankara is luring the best minds of Kyiv's defence industry

While bolstering Ukraine's army with its drones, Ankara is also hoping to benefit from the country's defence industry's expertise. To this end, Turkey has set up policies to attract engineers from Kyiv's major defence groups.

France
Swiss-based businesswoman Pascale Perez plays behind the scenes role in Benalla affair

Pascale Perez, a businesswoman who has operated in Africa and the Middle East for years, has stepped in to help Macron's beleaguered former aide Alexandre Benalla.