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The Turkish foreign minister and former head of the intelligence service, Hakan Fidan, used VIC Transport's services to travel around Paris.
The Turkish foreign minister and former head of the intelligence service, Hakan Fidan, used VIC Transport's services to travel around Paris. © Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/AFP

France, Turkey
Presidents, spymasters, Snoop Dogg and the Ballon d'Or: the small firm driving the world's elite around Paris

A small company has become the go-to specialist for transporting heads of state and other VIPs around Paris. This key security and diplomatic role is fulfilled by a firm founded by the head of a Franco-Turkish employers' association that channels the influence of the presidency in Ankara.
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The French delegation set to attend the World Defence Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 8 -12 February, is not expecting to sign any major contracts.
The French delegation set to attend the World Defence Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 8 -12 February, is not expecting to sign any major contracts. © Wang Dongzhen/Xinhua via AFP

France, Saudi Arabia
French defence industry heads to Riyadh with no expectations

A delegation of around 60 French companies is expected to attend the World Defence Show in Riyadh from 8 to 12 February. France, which has honed in on the kingdom's naval industry, mainly through Naval Group, is not expecting to clinch many contracts this time round.
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Researchers working in front of a satellite at the Airbus Defence and Space headquarters in Toulouse.
Researchers working in front of a satellite at the Airbus Defence and Space headquarters in Toulouse. © Rémy Gabalda/AFP

France, Turkey
France tries to bar Turkish-born engineer from restricted zones at Airbus

France's DRSD military counterintelligence service refused an engineer access to sensitive sites at the Airbus Defence and Space site in Toulouse, where he had a job offer. The decision, based on the fact the engineer was from Turkey, a ‘country of particular sensitivity', was overturned in court.
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The Agencies' Gazette
NSA head's confirmation, Syrian spymaster's sister, DGSI and Tracfin in Corsica, CCP eyes European talents, Comcyber-MI exit

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

United StatesEnd to NSA's interim period in sight

SyriaSister of Syrian spy chief no longer in prison

FranceTracfin and DGSI mobilised to tackle organised crime in Corsica

ChinaCCP targets hiring of European experts

FranceStart-up Flowdesk pinches from Comcyber-MI
LogoSubscribers only 26.01.2026

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