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FRANCE INDIA 25/01/2022

Thales's offshore payments system exposed by court case brought by former agent in India

UNITED STATES UKRAINE 25/01/2022

'Minor incursion' or not, US still leading light weapon deliveries to Kyiv

Even as the White House briefly took a more tempered pitch in the on-going trading of threats between the US and Russia over Ukraine, US aid, backed with new arms suppliers, continues to help Kyiv build up its defence. [...]

FRANCE SAHEL 25/01/2022

Amarante to monitor influence operations in the Sahel for French defence ministry

The ministry of armed forces has hired the French security group Amarante to conduct a study of the networks and relays of influence in G5 Sahel countries. The French government is increasingly concerned about foreign interference campaigns in the region, where it has plans for its own strategy of influence. [...]

FRANCE 24/01/2022

Chapsvision takes up strong position in interceptions thanks to Elektron takeover

Chapsvision, which is determined to take up a dominant position among French cyber intelligence industry, has taken control of French interceptions specialist Elektron from the waning Nexa Technologies group. [...]

FRANCE INDIA 24/01/2022

Non-proliferation intel keeps brakes on French-Indian nuclear cooperation

France's growing nuclear production and nuclear-powered submarine prospects with the Indian government are being held in check by current regulations, with the French customs intelligence unit caught between France's ambitions and international non-proliferation treaties. [...]

EUROPE 24/01/2022

European court probes business diplomacy firm Kic Systems' clients

Kic Systems and sister company Eurotrends have been accused of helping their customers win European tenders. Though these cases have been dismissed, one such client - Belgian firm ECO3 - has been ordered to reimburse one of its contracts, the award process of which the European Commission found to be "substantially irregular". [...]

RUSSIA 24/01/2022

The Intelligence Gazette : SVR, Tracfin, Romanian cyber, French prison intelligence

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

RUSSIA 21/01/2022

Kremlin takes back control of Dagestan's power grid with Iran in sight

Entwined with its goal to lock in control of the small Caucasus republic, starting with the local oligarchs who have since been ousted from the power sectors, is the Kremlin's desire to create new openings towards Iran for its national energy groups Gazprom and Rosseti. [...]

UNITED STATES FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM 21/01/2022

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice: Erys, Hakluyt, Veracity, Amarante, KPMG

Appointments, financial results, new contracts, in Washington, London and Paris: each week, we recount the great and small events in the global corporate intelligence community. [...]

EUROPE ISRAEL 21/01/2022

TAG, Israeli cyber firms' bridgehead in Italy

A few days before resigning as the head of Israel's cyber agency, Igal Unna was in Italy to beef up bilateral relations. TAG Company has represented Israeli cybersecurity firms there for several years. [...]

SpotlightAUSTRIA EGYPT UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 20/01/2022

Erik Prince's shadow hovers over Egypt's secret spy plane project

To strengthen security in the Sinai Peninsula, the Egyptian interior ministry is looking to develop its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capacity, an asset long hoped-for by the defence ministry, which relies mainly on the CAE Aviation aircraft operated for France's DRM military intelligence service. [...]

IRAQ UNITED KINGDOM 20/01/2022

Genel Energy pushes through on inevitable rupture with Kurdistan Regional Government

Though on familiar turf in Iraqi Kurdistan, the oil company has faced a string of setbacks, not the least with its exploration of the Miran and Bani Bawi fields. It has even decided to take its dispute with the Erbil authorities to an arbitration court in London. [...]

The Miran field, operated by Genel Energy in Iraq. © Genel Energy/Haystar Talib/Facebook

IRELAND UNITED KINGDOM 20/01/2022

Irish Data Protection Commission beefs up technical investigation capacities with help from private sector

The regulator, which has come under attack for not being tougher with the US tech giants, has teamed with a British forensics expert and four international accounting firms to bolster its investigations. [...]

JAPAN UNITED KINGDOM 20/01/2022

Former UK cyber security chief Ciaran Martin to help Britain break into Japanese market

Ciaran Martin, the former head of Britain's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) who already works for numerous British cyber security companies, is now to offer his services to a cyber security company working for the Japanese government. [...]

Ciaran Martin, former head of National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). © Andrew Milligan/Press Association Images/MaxPPP

SpotlightCHINA RUSSIA 19/01/2022

Oligarchs close to the Kremlin look towards Beijing

With business between Beijing and Moscow openly thriving, Russian entrepreneurs with ties to the Kremlin are now increasingly using these good relations to make moves into the Chinese markets. [...]

FRANCE KAZAKHSTAN 19/01/2022

Avisa Partners watches over Kazakhstan's interests in France

Parisian consultancy Avisa Partners followed the Kazakh protests with concern until Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced on 10 January that order had been restored. The news was a relief to the firm that works for the new Kazakh consulate in Strasbourg. [...]

FRANCE 19/01/2022

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ALL ARTICLES - EUROPE

Thales's offshore payments system exposed by court case brought by former agent in India

'Minor incursion' or not, US still leading light weapon deliveries to Kyiv

Amarante to monitor influence operations in the Sahel for French defence ministry

Chapsvision takes up strong position in interceptions thanks to Elektron takeover

Non-proliferation intel keeps brakes on French-Indian nuclear cooperation

European court probes business diplomacy firm Kic Systems' clients

The Intelligence Gazette : SVR, Tracfin, Romanian cyber, French prison intelligence

Kremlin takes back control of Dagestan's power grid with Iran in sight

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice: Erys, Hakluyt, Veracity, Amarante, KPMG

TAG, Israeli cyber firms' bridgehead in Italy

Erik Prince's shadow hovers over Egypt's secret spy plane project

Genel Energy pushes through on inevitable rupture with Kurdistan Regional Government

Irish Data Protection Commission beefs up technical investigation capacities with help from private sector

Former UK cyber security chief Ciaran Martin to help Britain break into Japanese market

Oligarchs close to the Kremlin look towards Beijing

Avisa Partners watches over Kazakhstan's interests in France

French cyber partners Roussely and Taleb continue to grow their empire

Ex-Monaco prime minister Serge Telle goes into business

US interception specialist Almenta still has strong grip on Asian market

Tassos Rozolis bigs up foreign defence industry in Greece

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