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

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Macron's ex-bodyguard in Kyiv, former Met officer goes private, from SFO to Capital Law, Beckles signs with Ankara, Bison poaches from 5 Stones, Nardello promotions

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community, from Paris to London, New York and Kyiv.

Paris/KyivFormer Macron security advisor prospects in Kyiv

LondonSpencer Barnett goes private

LondonSFO investigator who led to Glencore conviction joins Capital Law

WashingtonLobbyist Alex Beckles gets closer to Ankara

WashingtonBison Group shops at 5 Stones

New York On a high, Nardello goes on promotion drive

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

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community, from Ankara to Moscow via Paris and London.

TurkeyIraq and Syria operations MIT's biggest expense

France/United StatesUS and UK left France out of loop over China pilot training

Russia/UkraineQuestions of Ukraine intel fail to shake Beseda from FSB

FranceFinance ministry's intelligence reform ramps up a notch

United Kingdom/RussiaRussian author takes swipe at MI6

Spotlight | Africa, China, Israel
Chinese security and intelligence groups make inroads into Africa

After the influx of Israeli firms, Africa is now the target of the Chinese security sector, which is using local agents to connect with intelligence services on the continent.

Africa, Russia, United States
Philippe Solomon in trouble over unreliable Covid-19 tests

The unreliability of Covid-19 tests from the Dutch company Biozek has drawn the ire of more and more client countries. Consultant Philippe Hababou Solomon helped Biozek break into many markets.

France
CEMP: Bernard Rogel remains but team goes

Admiral Bernard Rogel, President Emmanuel Macron's private military chief-of-staff, is [...]

France
COS exposed in Benalla affair

Laurent Isnard, the commander of the French special operations command, or Commandement des Operations Speciales (COS)suspended Chokri Wakrim, a new [...]

Israel, Qatar
Philippe Solomon pitches Israel and Africa know-how to Doha

According to our sources, the Franco-Israeli businessman Phillippe Hababou Solomon recently had contact with Qatar. Solomon, who is in touch [...]

France
Paul Soler, Elysee's Libya and region expert

Paul Soler, who was appointed an officer of the French [...]

France
Benalla, Macron's former aide, explores consulting role

The disgraced presidential aide who was questioned by the Senate on September 19 is thinking of carving a new career for himself in the private sector.

France
Benalla kept Saudi prince's secrets

Embroiled in a much-publicised scandal after allegedly beating a protester [...]

Henri Proglio, Libreville's ace advisor

The Gabonese government has asked Henri Proglio, the former CEO of EDF and Veolia, to help with a strategy for the national utility SEEG, which was run by Veolia up until last year.

Abidjan investigates Soro's financial sponsors

Who advanced the funds to lease the private jet that was to have brought Guillaume Soro home to Abidjan? That [...]

Life difficult after football for Didier Drogba

Officially retired since the end of last year, the former star striker of the English football club Chelsea, Didier Drogba, [...]

Dominique de Villepin and Pascale Perez first in line to court Felix Tshisekedi

France's former prime minister Dominique de Villepin, who these days is active in the consultancy world via his firm Villepin [...]