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UKRAINE 15/10/2021

Zelensky consultant pals up with Rinat Akhmetov after being ousted from Rada chairmanship

Donetsk oligarch Rinat Akhmetov. © Bernd von Jutrczenka/DPA/picture-alliance/MaxPPP

UNITED STATES UNITED KINGDOM ITALY 15/10/2021

Project Associates hired to beef up Italian influence at UN

The British online influence firm has landed its first major contract in the US with the Italian delegation at UN headquarters in New York. [...]

UKRAINE 14/10/2021

South Korean trader Hyen Chung targeted by Zelensky's sanctions

Head of a Singaporean commodities trading firm and well established in Ukraine, South Korean businessman Hyen Chung cuts an unusual figure among those targeted by Ukraine's recent sanctions. [...]

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IRAQ LEBANON 13/10/2021

How Iraq Telecom won its first bout against Bazarni operator in Beirut

UNITED KINGDOM 13/10/2021

Oman's Thamer Al Shanfari probed by own ex-lawyers and Neotas

Thamer Al Shanfari, who was found guilty of contempt of court last month, found himself on the receiving end of private investigations commissioned by his former lawyer Hassan Khan, ironically given the Omani businessman's own penchant for corporate intelligence. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 12/10/2021

Jason Wright reteams with Krolls at K2, marking end of Argo Associates

Hong Kong private investigation veteran Jason Wright is closing his firm Argo Associates to join K2 Integrity in London. [...]

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FRANCE 12/10/2021

Mentor Consultant serves as light cavalry for Orange's military cloud

Founded in September with the blessing of the Agence du Numérique de Défense (AND), industry association Ginum is looking to promote French 'digital sovereignty' and influence the government's strategy. Its launch represents a new chapter in the influence wars surrounding France's sovereign cloud. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 11/10/2021

Home Office picks Minerva, Torchlight and Pinpoint to give intelligence training to foreign security services

Part of a major new UK Home Office international cooperation framework contract is devoted to training in intelligence techniques and human sources management. Specialist firms like Minerva, Pinpoint and Torchlight, all set up by former army officers, have been selected for the task. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 08/10/2021

New players in armed security set their sights on Africa with help from SAS veteran Blagbrough

Former SAS veteran Mark Blagbrough is advising the newly formed British company Vellichor, which is facing major challenges in Libya. At the same time, he is also offering advice to the equally new Acumen Intelligent Consulting, based in Mozambique. [...]

FRANCE 07/10/2021

Paris La Défense business district hires ADIT to step up compliance

Subjected to possible controls from France's anticorruption agency, the AFA, public institutions such as Paris La Défense are starting to hire private compliance consultants. [...]

The business district of La Défense on the outskirts of Paris. © Vincent Isore/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

Spotlight KUWAIT UNITED KINGDOM 06/10/2021

GPG provides British government with access to Kuwait's anti-corruption cases

Firm Global Partners Governance, which is accustomed to Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office contracts in the Gulf, has been hired to assist Kuwait's anti-corruption agency, whose casebook includes cases involving Airbus Group. [...]

JAPAN UNITED KINGDOM 06/10/2021

Former UK diplomat Paul Madden helps Japanese groups take root in London

The newly retired British ambassador to Japan is now advising the Asian country's major companies on how to break into the British market. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 06/10/2021

Quantexa, antifraud's Palantir, pursues expansion with British government

British anti-fraud data mining technology company Quantexa, whose advisory board includes a former MI5 chief, has gone from supplying the financial sector to picking up contracts with the PM's cabinet office - while securing support from the British government. [...]

UNITED STATES 05/10/2021

Through C4ADS, intelligence tech companies showcase their products

US defence think tank C4ADS conducts its research with the aid of an array of private industry partners which, in return, can demonstrate their latest technology to government clients. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 04/10/2021

National Security Secretariat execs courted by private sector

The NSS, created in 2010 to liaise with the prime minister on intelligence policy, is a hotbed for those who want to work for private groups. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE RUSSIA 01/10/2021

Gazprom on menu of Fillon's Moscow visit

In Moscow next week for his first Russian public oil company Zarubezhneft board meeting, former French PM François Fillon will pay a call on Gazprom's influential director Alexei Miller. [...]

Former French prime minister François Fillon at the 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2021) on 4 June 2021. © Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS via Reuters Connect

UKRAINE 30/09/2021

Ukraine's Surkis brothers suffer setback against Petro Poroshenko in Privat affair

Igor Surkis, the owner of the soccer team Dynamo Kiev, lost his case for compensation from the former president and central bank of Ukraine in London recently, despite the support of his influential older brother Grigoriy Surkis. [...]

Grigoriy Surkis. © Bogdan Cristel/Reuters

Spotlight UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES AUSTRALIA FRANCE 29/09/2021

Naval Group's covey of advisers foiled by a phone call to London

As news outlets in both hemispheres continue to relay every minute detail of the fallout from Australia's cancellation of its submarine deal with France, there is one glaring takeaway: more than five years of lobbying and intelligence gathering in Canberra failed to help Paris and Naval Group pick up on and anticipate Australia's doubts. [...]

French president Emmanuel Macron and Australian prime minister Scott Morrison on 15 June 2021. © Pascal Rossignol/Reuters

UNITED KINGDOM 29/09/2021

Mosaic Advisers takes financial hit from pandemic

Low-profile British intelligence company Mosaic Advisers, which specialises in due diligence and business diplomacy mainly in Africa and China, has been badly affected by the Covid-19 crisis. [...]

UNITED STATES 29/09/2021

Quinlan on lookout for more investigators

After taking on a number of new recruits in April, the intelligence firm led by former journalist Paul Quinlan is scouring the market for new investigators. [...]

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