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CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE

UKRAINE UNITED STATES 27/01/2023

Mozart Group's internal strife tarnishes reputation of American volunteers in Ukraine

No ITAR licence, murky legal status and finances...The two key officials at this US paramilitary organisation are making open accusations against each other left and right. [...]

The Fitzroy Tavern in London. © Steve Tulley/Alamy banque d'images

Spy Way Of Life

UNITED KINGDOM 27/01/2023

The Fitzroy Tavern, a London pub where corporate investigators spend a happy hour

IRAQ UNITED STATES 26/01/2023

Former political prisoner Entifadh Qanbar inks deal to foster closer US-Kurdish ties

The president of the Kurdish Protection Action Committee, Entifadh Qandar. © Entifadh Qanbar/Facebook

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UNITED KINGDOM 25/01/2023

Harry and Meghan's private security contracts boost VVIP niche market

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, during their visit to Düsseldorf to promote the Invictus Games. © Henning Kaiser/DPA/Picture Alliance

RUSSIA UNITED STATES 25/01/2023

Moscow's asset recovery against ex-bankers moves forward in New York

A New York court ordered discovery has taken the Russian Central Bank a step further along in its efforts to recover stolen assets and obtain damages from ex-owners of Russian private banks, most of them currently living abroad. [...]

BALKANS UNITED STATES 25/01/2023

Washington consulting companies show renewed interest in the Balkans

The services of an experienced consultant are often indispensable for those seeking to represent the complex interests of the Balkans in Washington, DC. Albania and Serbia are gradually renewing contact with US consulting companies. [...]

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The Corporate Intelligence Village VoiceHONG KONG UNITED KINGDOM 25/01/2023

Mitmark investigates crypto, Adrian Stones goes solo, and TRAG quits Hong Kong

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 and Hong Kong. [...]

BELARUS UKRAINE 24/01/2023

Parallel private diplomacy efforts between Kyiv and Minsk secretly thriving

Kyiv has been backing Minsk in Brussels despite Belarus's involvement with Russia. Thanks largely to the actions of well-connected middlemen in the business community, the war has not frayed the diplomatic ties between the two Eastern European capitals. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 23/01/2023

Truss follows Johnson and May into the private sector

The political instability caused by Brexit is as quickly generating new prime ministers as it is former prime ministers becoming consultants. [...]

Former UK PMs (from left) Liz Truss, Boris Johnson and Theresa May.

RUSSIA UNITED KINGDOM 20/01/2023

From Russian mines to London networks, heir Ildar Uzbekov embroiled in legal battles

A London legal battle involving Londongrad mining industry players has put the spotlight on the British and Russian passport-holding Ildar Uzbekov, despite his best efforts to distance himself from the Kremlin. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA UNITED KINGDOM 19/01/2023

British ex-diplomat Jonathan Dart at centre of succession process at Saudi conglomerate MBI

With Saudi Austrian business magnate Mohamed Issa Al Jaber gradually handing over the running of his family conglomerate to the next generation, his heirs have hired British ex-diplomat Jonathan Dart to manage several subsidiaries of MBI International Holdings. [...]

SpotlightFRANCE 18/01/2023

With LVMH-Squarcini indictment, epic battles that once raged in French corporate intelligence come to the fore

The charges brought by the French public prosecutor in December in the trial of former domestic intelligence boss turned consultant Bernard Squarcini paint an informative picture of French corporate intelligence. The ex-spy chief's firms, which were contracted by some of France's biggest companies, are now all trying to shed that cumbersome legacy. [...]

The former head of French domestic intelligence, Bernard Squarcini.

The Corporate Intelligence Village VoiceBOSNIA FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES 18/01/2023

StoneTurn, Highgate, Passage Consulting, EPEE

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every week, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we head to Washington, London, Paris and Belgrade. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 18/01/2023

Baroness Goudie taking her interests under the radar

Labour peer Baroness Mary Goudie is cleaning up her consulting act after suspension from the House of Lords. [...]

BULGARIA SERBIA UNITED STATES 18/01/2023

Bulgarian oligarch enlists US lobbyists' help in battling Sofia authorities

Bulgarian former banker Tsvetan Vassilev, exiled in Belgrade, is actively lobbying in Washington against his powerful opponents in Sofia. US consulting firms and an Austria-based consultant are helping him. [...]

UNITED STATES 18/01/2023

Cofer Black, former CIA Counterterrorism Center chief, has colourful history on corporate boards

A "serial consultant", former CIA official Cofer Black sits on the board of a Latvian bank shut down last December for facilitating money laundering and of a troubled US company seeking a cure for brain cancer, whose stock price is currently trading at 99. [...]

Joseph Cofer Black, former CIA station chief and former director of the agency's National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC).

GERMANY IRAQ 17/01/2023

British, UAE intel firms help Iraq money-laundering fight with German funding

German development agency GIZ is funding a programme to help Iraq in its fight against money-laundering and with its asset recovery probes. Two firms have been chosen for this financial investigation job: Britain's Adam Smith International and Emirati company IntelliSys. [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM 16/01/2023

UAE Deputy PM's former business interests NMC, KBBO, Sayacorp battle it out in wake of fraud scandal

Administrators overseeing the liquidation of UAE healthcare giant NMC keep uncovering new revelations relating to fraud accusations faced by the firm. Other companies backed by the Emirates' Deputy Prime Minister Mansour bin Zayed have surfaced in the process. [...]

Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan.

UKRAINE UNITED STATES 13/01/2023

Private military contractors thrust into heart of Ukraine conflict information war

Reeling from a dispute raging between its leaders, Russian information campaigns and blows to its reputation, Mozart Group's current predicament illustrates the delicate position in which such private security contractors operating on both sides of the conflict find themselves in. [...]

ALBANIA UNITED STATES 12/01/2023

US corporate intel firm Straife launches Balkan conquest in Albania

Already well established in Turkey, Texas corporate intelligence firm Straife has opened a new branch in the Albanian capital, its chosen base for expansion throughout the region. [...]

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Mozart Group's internal strife tarnishes reputation of American volunteers in Ukraine

The Fitzroy Tavern, a London pub where corporate investigators spend a happy hour

Former political prisoner Entifadh Qanbar inks deal to foster closer US-Kurdish ties

Harry and Meghan's private security contracts boost VVIP niche market

Moscow's asset recovery against ex-bankers moves forward in New York

Washington consulting companies show renewed interest in the Balkans

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Parallel private diplomacy efforts between Kyiv and Minsk secretly thriving

Truss follows Johnson and May into the private sector

From Russian mines to London networks, heir Ildar Uzbekov embroiled in legal battles

British ex-diplomat Jonathan Dart at centre of succession process at Saudi conglomerate MBI

With LVMH-Squarcini indictment, epic battles that once raged in French corporate intelligence come to the fore

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Baroness Goudie taking her interests under the radar

Bulgarian oligarch enlists US lobbyists' help in battling Sofia authorities

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Private military contractors thrust into heart of Ukraine conflict information war

US corporate intel firm Straife launches Balkan conquest in Albania

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