Corporate Intelligence

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BGD in Kyrgyzstan, Axis Middle East, Cicommunication and Iran, New name for the CDSE

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

WashingtonKyrgyz sovereign wealth fund looking to network with Trump administration

BeirutAxis enlists regional veteran to boost Middle East expansion

ParisCicommunication advising Iranian opposition

ParisCorporate security bosses debate and opt to rename CDSE

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Westexec, Eutelsat, Audere, Snapchat security

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

WashingtonWestExec recruits former CIA station chief

ParisGeneral Serge Cholley to leave Eutelsat's Defence and Security Division

DamascusAudere interested in Syrian market

WashingtonFormer Snapchat security director goes solo after stints with the NSA and DNI

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New 'defectors' to Secretariat, British embassy in Kuwait, Guiana Space Centre

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

SingaporeTwo more ex-FTIs join Secretariat's investigation team

KuwaitAl Mulla conglomerate secures British embassy

FranceCorporate intelligence veteran in Kourou space centre safety team

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Former Atos exec in the Balkans, Delubac, Burson Middle East, Barbican Advisory

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonFormer Atos vice-president connects British tech, Elon Musk and Serbia

ParisDelubac, the ‘complex contracts' bank, launches own magazine

RiyadhSurprise exit at Burson Middle East, Riyadh's favourite comms group

SingaporeFormer Blackpeak director joins Barbican Advisory

Afghanistan, Europe
Disputes emerge over awarding of EU's huge Afghan security contract

After their initial shock, the unsuccessful bidders for the EU's lucrative security contract in Kabul are racking their brains to find a way to challenge IDG Security's win.

Syria
EU entrusts ex-Lebanese spymaster with security in Syria

A Lebanese firm led by a former local intelligence chief will be providing security to the European diplomatic missions in Damascus.

Saudi Arabia
PIF engages corporate investigators to probe misspending at Neom

A Public Investment Fund's probe completed last spring found evidence of financial trickery and over-spending at Neom. In response, the Saudi government has decided to enlist the support of outside investigators in the region. Sources close to the work say the true scale of spending on Western firms is much larger than has been reported.

Lebanon
Beirut security firm resumes work with EU after being cleared in financial probe

The EU's diplomatic service EEAS in Beruit is once again calling on the services of Lebanese company Prosec to protect its delegation, after all charges against it were dropped in a corruption investigation.

Israel, United States
Hack-for-hire broker Aviram Azari leaves prison and returns to Israel

The private eye is known to have acted as a broker between Indian hack-for-hire firms and Western clients, and notably worked on the Wirecard case. His early release comes as his former partner, Amit Forlit, fights extradition from the United Kingdom to the United States.