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CENTRAL ASIA UNITED STATES RUSSIA 13/05/2022

Russian banks negotiate with US treasury's OFAC to secure presence in Central Asia

Hit directly or indirectly by US sanctions, Russian banks are negotiating with the US treasury to be able to continue operating in Central Asia. [...]

FRANCE JAPAN UNITED KINGDOM 11/05/2022

Audere ups its game with new Asia-focused consultants

Oliver Blackmore earlier this year completed taking over Audere International, a corporate intelligence firm founded by his father Charles Blackmore. He is now stepping up recruitment of consultants internationally, particularly in Asia, to strengthen his company's presence there. [...]

CHINA SOUTH KOREA JAPAN 04/05/2022

Tokyo and Seoul enlist Taiwan's Jason Ho in microchip wars against China

Keen not to be excluded from the big chip game, Japan has posted a mysterious lobbyist to California. [...]

UNITED STATES UZBEKISTAN 03/05/2022

Arnold & Porter help Uzbekistan get closer to Washington

Keen to attract inward investment in its strategic industries, Uzbekistan's government has engaged the services of the law firm's former federal officials. [...]

UNITED STATES INDIA ISRAEL 26/04/2022

Wirecard: Aviram Azari's guilty plea sets alarm bells ringing at Arcanum

The recent revelation of Israeli private investigator Aviram Azari who linked Indian hacking operators to Western clients has the potential to expose the US corporate Intelligence firm. [...]

GERMANY CHINA FRANCE 20/04/2022

Continental European analysts muscle into UK's China bailiwick

In France and Germany, several corporate intelligence firms are beginning to find their place by specialising in China. Until now, British firms had cornered this market. [...]

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UNITED STATES KAZAKHSTAN 20/04/2022

Chevron appoints David Merkel, defender of Kazakhstan's jailed ex-spymaster Massimov

A former State Department official who was close to the Nazarbayev administration, David Merkel has been campaigning for the release of Karim Massimov, who was Chevron's key contact in Kazakhstan. [...]

KAZAKHSTAN 15/04/2022

ENRC trio and KNB win against US oil company

Kazakhstan's recent victory over Big Sky Energy at the ICSID has brought to an end years of investigation involving both the founders of ENRC and the country's intelligence service. [...]

CHINA 12/04/2022

Backed by Beijing, security firm Frontier Services Group makes push into Southeast Asia

After focusing on Africa, the private security company Frontier Services Goup, close to the Chinese authorities, is actively prospecting for business in three countries that are key for China's development - Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. [...]

FRANCE KAZAKHSTAN 30/03/2022

Nazarbayev-era big shots secure French Riviera boltholes

As the hunt for the former Kazakh president's inner circle ramps up, Kazakh oligarchs have been paying particular attention to their French properties and French-speaking associates. Nursultan Nazarbayev's former confident Bulat Utemuratov and the owners of mining conglomerate ERG are still comfortably settled in the Côte d'Azur. [...]

Kazakh businessman, Bulat Utemuratov. © Bulat Utemuratov/LinkedIn

CHINA UNITED KINGDOM 23/03/2022

FarStar bats for Chinese companies in London

In ten years, consultant Hu Yuan has built a network of firms that help Chinese companies in Europe, particularly in the commodities and heavy industry sectors. [...]

SINGAPORE UNITED KINGDOM 18/03/2022

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice: Protection Group International, The Risk Advisory Group

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 Singapore. [...]

TURKMENISTAN UNITED KINGDOM 18/03/2022

Away from Russian tensions, energy consultants prosper in the Caspian region

The oil consulting firm GaffneyCline is positioning itself for Central Asian oil and gas projects, which are less exposed to the current tumult in the sector. [...]

INDIA SWITZERLAND UNITED KINGDOM 17/03/2022

Corporate raider Nat Rothschild exposes his relationship with Indian ex-hacker Rajat Khare

Financier Nat Rothschild, a member of the British branch of the Rothschild family, has taken over an Indian IT company in partnership with Rajat Khare, well-known to readers of Intelligence Online as an Indian "hack for hire" pioneer. [...]

CHINA UNITED STATES EUROPE 16/03/2022

Strider's EU evangelism on tech theft committed by China

Backed by the Koch family and Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Strider, run by former US intelligence specialists on China and already under contract to the Pentagon, is starting to prospect in Europe. [...]

CHINA EUROPEAN UNION 14/03/2022

European Commission hires US's Rhodium to monitor Chinese investments

The New York firm will keep a database on Chinese direct investments in Europe, following a less than stellar report on the European mechanism to control foreign investment that came into force in October 2020. [...]

CENTRAL ASIA UNITED KINGDOM 09/03/2022

Sir Suma Chakrabarti called to the rescue of Nur-Sultan and Tashkent

Faced with the upcoming effects of Western sanctions on their business communities, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are taking action. They have roped in British consultant Suma Chakrabarti, who is advising their governments from London, to help them mitigate their economic impact. [...]

UNITED STATES SINGAPORE UNITED KINGDOM 04/03/2022

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice: StoneTurn, Nardello, Dragonfly, Deloitte & Touche

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 New York, London and Arlington. [...]

UNITED STATES KAZAKHSTAN 01/03/2022

Recent turmoil worries Nur-Sultan's New York adviser Marcia Favale-Tarter

President Tokayev's response to January's protest has been to attempt to diminish the influence of his predecessor's allies, which includes a reshuffle at the Development Bank of Kazakhstan. US consultant Marcia Favale-Tarter, who advised the former president and spymaster Karim Massimov, sits on the institution's board. [...]

US investment consultant Marcia Favale-Tarter. © MFT

KAZAKHSTAN EUROPEAN UNION 25/02/2022

Former Kazakh KGB operatives to provide security for EU delegation in Nur-Sultan

Former Kazakh armed forces and intelligence service veterans, now working for private sector security operator Grupp Chetyre, are to provide protection for the EU delegation in Kazakhstan. [...]

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Russian banks negotiate with US treasury's OFAC to secure presence in Central Asia

Audere ups its game with new Asia-focused consultants

Tokyo and Seoul enlist Taiwan's Jason Ho in microchip wars against China

Arnold & Porter help Uzbekistan get closer to Washington

Wirecard: Aviram Azari's guilty plea sets alarm bells ringing at Arcanum

Continental European analysts muscle into UK's China bailiwick

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Nazarbayev-era big shots secure French Riviera boltholes

FarStar bats for Chinese companies in London

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