Spotlight | China, France
French judge suspends deportation of Chinese entrepreneur for 'operating secret police station'

China, Italy
Transnational repression: Rome steps up pressure on Beijing

After long having sought Beijing's help in fighting the mafia, Italian police have suspended cooperation with China's Ministry of Public Security following a cyber attack on its anti-terrorism and organised crime division. Eight Chinese nationals suspected of spying on and harassing a Chinese dissident have recently been deported from Italy.

France, United Kingdom
Paris calls out France-UK 'one in, one out' immigration deal

The new French government has denounced the bilateral ‘one in, one out’ immigration agreement signed in July between London and Paris.

China, France
Chinese former bank intern on the radar of French intelligence service denied visa

A French court has upheld the government's decision to turn down the visa application of a Chinese student who transferred confidential documents to Beijing during an internship at a French bank.

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSI and transnational repression, Signal and US diplomats in Kyiv, DGSE flooded with CVs, Xi Jinping culls bonuses

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceDGSI fights transnational repression in five languages

United StatesUS Embassy in Kyiv slammed for use of Signal

FranceDGSE wades through 900 CVs a week to fill vacancies

ChinaXi Jinping pulls rug on finance, tech and defence bonuses

Spotlight | China, United States
Washington ups the pressure on Five Eyes allies to act on Chinese 'entryism'

US prosecutors in New York have arrested two men for running a "secret police station" in Manhattan. They are hoping that other countries will follow their example.

Europe, Taiwan
Taiwan's spies talk up China threat to European counterparts

Agents working out of diplomatic missions have stepped up a campaign to spread the word about Beijing's purported growing hostility.

China
China looks for new recruits for its phantom foreign police stations

The new agents sent to work in China's undercover police stations in a number of foreign capitals will need to be specially trained to carry out international police investigations or have good contacts in a country of particular interest to the Chinese authorities.

China
Xi's network of foreign police stations expands in Europe

Chinese police operate in at least 30 countries across four continents through a network of more than twenty foreign police stations that, as well as providing consular support to the Chinese diaspora, also conduct covert political operations.