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UNITED STATES UNITED KINGDOM 25/10/2021

FTI's dissolved forensics league regroups at Ankura

Announced on 20 October as a series of individual recruitments, the addition to Ankura's team of technical experts and legal advisers in fact signals the divorce between FTI Consultants and Paul Walker's investigators is now final. [...]

FRANCE 22/10/2021

In Viginum's shadows, 'state start-up' Disinfo fights fake news for French foreign ministry

Hosted by the ministry's "digital ambassador", Disinfo, which develops open-source tools to monitor disinformation, was created in April 2019 by national security directorate SGDSN's inter-ministerial anti-fake news task force. As such, it represents the "soft power" component of the French government's efforts to counter disinformation. [...]

KAZAKHSTAN UNITED KINGDOM 21/10/2021

Kazakh mining magnate's consultants battle it out in London court

The last thing a secretive business magnate wants is for their consultants' quarrels to end up in court, and Kazakhstan's Aman Kozhabayev is no exception. [...]

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IRAQ UNITED STATES UNITED KINGDOM 20/10/2021

KRG communications service armed from London and Washington

The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani and the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 17 September 2021 in London. © @IKRPresident/Twitter

UNITED KINGDOM 20/10/2021

Raedas muscles up in forensics accounting

Business intelligence group Raedas has recruited forensics veteran David Lawler to strengthen its position in the growing market for these invesitigations. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 20/10/2021

Charles Webb preps next generation at Hanuman

The veteran London-based private investigator has invited Albert Arbuthnott to join the board of his investigation firm. [...]

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UNITED STATES UNITED KINGDOM 19/10/2021

Guidepost Solutions hires new sleuth for London office

The former Diligence executive Lee Williamson has been brought in to head the UK team at Guidepost Solutions after a bountiful 2020 for the consultancy founded by Bart Schwartz. [...]

Lee Williamson (left), new head of investigations of former federal prosecutor Bart Schwartz' firm Guidepost Solutions. © Guidepost Solutions

FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM 18/10/2021

Franco-British Council holds strong despite AUKUS curveball

Funded by the arms industry, activist investors and the British and French governments, the Franco-British Council encourages defence cooperation from both sides of the Channel - and the contracts it generates - together with the British parliament's All-Party Parliamentary Group for France. [...]

UKRAINE 15/10/2021

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

After falling out with Volodymyr Zelensky over the recently adopted 'deoligarchisation' law curbing the powers of Ukraine's oligarchs, Dmytro Razumkov appears to have recently become closer with Donetsk magnate Rinat Akhmetov's networks. [...]

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 for a Foreign government 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. [...]

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. [...]

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. [...]

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FTI's dissolved forensics league regroups at Ankura

In Viginum's shadows, 'state start-up' Disinfo fights fake news for French foreign ministry

Kazakh mining magnate's consultants battle it out in London court

KRG communications service armed from London and Washington

Raedas muscles up in forensics accounting

Charles Webb preps next generation at Hanuman

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German Ralf Wegener builds small cyber-intelligence empire in Cyprus and beyond

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Guidepost Solutions hires new sleuth for London office

Franco-British Council holds strong despite AUKUS curveball

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

Project Associates hired to beef up Italian influence at UN

South Korean trader Hyen Chung targeted by Zelensky's sanctions

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

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

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

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

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

Paris La Défense business district hires ADIT to step up compliance

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

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

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

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